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Juan Ignacio Molina

1740 - 1829

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Fr. Juan Ignacio Molina (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan iɣˈnasjo moˈlina]; (June 24, 1740 – September 12, 1829) was a Chilean-Spanish Jesuit priest, naturalist, historian, translator, geographer, botanist, ornithologist, and linguist. He is usually referred to as Abate Molina (Abbot Molina), and is also sometimes known by the Italian form of his name, Giovanni Ignazio Molina. He was one of the precursors of the theory of the gradual evolution of species, 44 years before Darwin, who repeatedly quoted him in "The Origin of Species". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Ignacio Molina is the 434th most popular biologist (down from 423rd in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Chile (up from 51st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chilean Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Juan Ignacio Molina ranks 434 out of 1,097. Before him are Andrew Smith, Abraham Trembley, Ivan Martinov, Paul Gervais, Wilhelm Roux, and Roderick Murchison. After him are Arthur Cronquist, Robert Weinberg, Mary Elizabeth Barber, John Stevens Henslow, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, and Rudolf Weigl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Juan Ignacio Molina ranks 23. Before him are Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Anders Johan Lexell, James Boswell, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, and Matthias Claudius. After him are Johan Tobias Sergel, Johan Andreas Murray, J. F. Oberlin, Ivan Lepyokhin, Samuel Arnold, and William Paca. Among people deceased in 1829, Juan Ignacio Molina ranks 29. Before him are Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Kittur Chennamma, Josef Dobrovský, Sikandar Jah, John Adams, and Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg. After him are Anouvong, Matsudaira Sadanobu, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, Nikolay Raevsky, George Dawe, and Cristóbal Mendoza.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Juan Ignacio Molina ranks 45 out of 321. Before him are Arturo Vidal (1987), Gabriel González Videla (1898), Orlando Letelier (1932), Marcelo Salas (1974), Laura Vicuña (1891), and Alexis Sánchez (1988). After him are José Donoso (1924), Tom Araya (1961), Patricio Guzmán (1941), Sophia Hayden (1868), Lucía Hiriart (1923), and Claudio Bravo (1983).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Chile

Among biologists born in Chile, Juan Ignacio Molina ranks 4. Before him are Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), Francisco Varela (1946), and Humberto Maturana (1928). After him are Adriana Hoffmann (1940).

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