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Karl Koch

1809 - 1879

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Karl Heinrich Emil Koch (6 June 1809 – 25 May 1879) was a German botanist. He is best known for his botanical explorations in the Caucasus region, including northeast Turkey. Most of his collections have today been lost. He is also known as the first professional horticultural officer in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Koch is the 401st most popular biologist (down from 365th in 2019), the 2,589th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,762nd in 2019) and the 75th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Karl Koch ranks 401 out of 1,097. Before him are Alexander von Nordmann, Edwin Klebs, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Theodor Boveri, Georg Eberhard Rumphius, and Ludwik Fleck. After him are Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Harold E. Varmus, Lev Berg, Heinrich Anton de Bary, June Almeida, and Georg August Goldfuss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Karl Koch ranks 34. Before him are Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Hannibal Hamlin, Sebastián Iradier, Mariano José de Larra, Edward FitzGerald, and François Certain de Canrobert. After him are Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Jules Favre, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, Oswald Heer, and Heinrich Hoffmann. Among people deceased in 1879, Karl Koch ranks 28. Before him are Camille Doncieux, William, Prince of Orange, Karl Friedrich Mohr, Maurycy Gottlieb, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, and Heinrich Wilhelm Dove. After him are Paul Gervais, Baldomero Espartero, William Kingdon Clifford, Anthony Panizzi, Joseph Poelaert, and Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Koch ranks 2,590 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria (1937), Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627), Karl Gutzkow (1811), Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720), William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (1647), and Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria (1872). After him are Louis of Nassau (1538), Lujo Brentano (1844), William III, Duke of Bavaria (1375), Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717), and Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1622).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Karl Koch ranks 75. Before him are August Batsch (1761), Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743), Johann Georg Wagler (1800), Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916), Theodor Boveri (1862), and Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627). After him are Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831), Georg August Goldfuss (1782), Alexander Braun (1805), Heinrich Boie (1794), Carl Hagenbeck (1844), and Adolf Mayer (1843).

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