BIOLOGIST

Josif Pančić

1814 - 1888

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Josif Pančić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јосиф Панчић; April 17, 1814 – February 25, 1888) was a Serbian botanist, a doctor of medicine, a lecturer at the Great School (the future University of Belgrade), and the first president of the Serbian Royal Academy. He extensively documented the flora of Serbia, and is credited with having classified many species of plants which were unknown to the botanical community at that time. Pančić is credited with discovering the Serbian spruce. He is regarded as the father of Serbian botany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josif Pančić is the 342nd most popular biologist (down from 287th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 115th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Josif Pančić ranks 342 out of 1,097. Before him are Otto Friedrich Müller, Brian Kobilka, Valerius Cordus, Phillip Allen Sharp, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, and George Robert Waterhouse. After him are Nehemiah Grew, Wilhelm Peters, Christen C. Raunkiær, Carl Alexander Clerck, Friedrich Boie, and Antonio José Cavanilles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Josif Pančić ranks 28. Before him are Sheridan Le Fanu, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Tatya Tope, Adolf von Henselt, Rasoherina, and Ernst Curtius. After him are Eduard Zeller, Kamehameha III, Alexander Cunningham, Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Amalia Lindegren, and Théodolinde de Beauharnais. Among people deceased in 1888, Josif Pančić ranks 36. Before him are Princess Helena of Nassau, Charles Cros, Elizabeth Stride, Dora d'Istria, George Robert Waterhouse, and Catherine Eddowes. After him are Vsevolod Garshin, Joseph Dietzgen, Matthew Arnold, Gustave Boulanger, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, and Eunice Newton Foote.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Josif Pančić ranks 108 out of 700. Before him are Nikola Jurišić (1490), Mika Špiljak (1916), Antun Vrančić (1504), Janko Bobetko (1919), Herman of Carinthia (1100), and Mirko Cro Cop (1974). After him are George Martinuzzi (1482), Julian of Antioch (231), Neda Ukraden (1950), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Tin Ujević (1891), and Ivan Perišić (1989).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Croatia

Among biologists born in Croatia, Josif Pančić ranks 1. After him are Roberto de Visiani (1800).

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