BIOLOGIST

Julius Richard Petri

1852 - 1921

Photo of Julius Richard Petri

Icon of person Julius Richard Petri

Julius Richard Petri (German: [ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈpeːtʁiː]; 31 May 1852 – 20 December 1921) was a German microbiologist who is generally credited with inventing the device known as the Petri dish, which is named after him, while working as assistant to bacteriologist Robert Koch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Richard Petri is the 189th most popular biologist (down from 151st in 2019), the 1,169th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,142nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Biologist.

Julius Richard Petri is most famous for inventing the dish, or petri dish.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Julius Richard Petri by language

Loading...

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Julius Richard Petri ranks 189 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, Charles Bonnet, Paul Greengard, Armand David, Martinus Beijerinck, and Anna Atkins. After him are Julian Huxley, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Bruce Beutler, and Jack Horner.

Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Julius Richard Petri ranks 29. Before him are H. H. Asquith, Hipólito Yrigoyen, Tewfik Pasha, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Paul Bourget, and Pietro Gasparri. After him are Calamity Jane, Daniel Burley Woolfall, Victor Adler, Terauchi Masatake, Arnold Toynbee, and Hans Vaihinger. Among people deceased in 1921, Julius Richard Petri ranks 27. Before him are Engelbert Humperdinck, Mykola Leontovych, Eugen Dühring, Matthias Erzberger, William II of Württemberg, and Ignác Goldziher. After him are Hermann Schwarz, Karl von Bülow, Oscar Montelius, Georges Feydeau, Ivan Vazov, and Yan Fu.

Others Born in 1852

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1921

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Julius Richard Petri ranks 1,169 out of 7,253. Before him are Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615), Johann Mattheson (1681), Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), Hans Reichenbach (1891), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), and Gertrude of Hohenberg (1225). After him are John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1624), Johannes Frießner (1892), Levin August von Bennigsen (1745), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Julius Richard Petri ranks 22. Before him are Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), Bernard Katz (1911), Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), and Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775). After him are Walther Flemming (1843), Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765), Hermann Schlegel (1804), Ludwig Reichenbach (1793), Hans Driesch (1867), and Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757).

German born Biologists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous