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Karl Friedrich von Gaertner

1772 - 1850

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Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (or Carl Friedrich von Gärtner) (1 May 1772 – 1 September 1850) was a well-known German botanist, and the son of Joseph Gaertner. He was a pioneer in the study of hybrids, and he is considered an important influence on Gregor Mendel. Gärtner, who was a protestant, challenged the doctrine of Carl Linnaeus of the "new special creation" which stated that new species of vegetation could arise through hybridization. He defended the stability of species, and argued that although the transmutation of species was evidently possible, the new species would not last because of a law of reversion which prevented them from spreading freely. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Friedrich von Gaertner is the 571st most popular biologist (down from 499th in 2019), the 3,537th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,610th in 2019) and the 114th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 571 out of 1,097. Before him are Wilhem de Haan, Alfred Newton, Alwin Berger, Henri Cassini, Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, and Franz Xaver von Wulfen. After him are Edmond Albius, Kristine Bonnevie, Georg von Langsdorff, August W. Eichler, Charles Antoine Lemaire, and John Gilbert Baker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 36. Before him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Luke Howard, Solomon II of Imereti, Friedrich Gilly, and Manuel José Quintana. After him are Cristóbal Mendoza, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Hồ Xuân Hương, Vicente López Portaña, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, and Frans Michael Franzén. Among people deceased in 1850, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 42. Before him are Lorenzo Bartolini, Margaret Fuller, Adalbert Gyrowetz, Václav Tomášek, Lodewijk van Heiden, and Johann Jakob Bernhardi. After him are Bernt Michael Holmboe, Bashir Shihab II, Charles Rivière-Hérard, Garlieb Merkel, Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg, and Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 3,539 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz (1666), Friedrich von Esmarch (1823), Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1827), Fritz Julius Kuhn (1896), Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854), and Julius Schiller (1580). After him are Werner Egk (1901), Heinrich Kreutz (1854), Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony (1757), Friedrich Sämisch (1896), Gertrude of Sulzbach (1114), and Michael Ballhaus (1935).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 114. Before him are Carl Ludwig Koch (1778), Ludwig Diels (1874), Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780), Karl Möbius (1825), Alwin Berger (1871), and Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798). After him are Georg von Langsdorff (1774), August W. Eichler (1839), Rudolf Schlechter (1872), Johann Jakob Kaup (1803), Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817), and Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781).

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