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Leonhard Stejneger

1851 - 1943

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Leonhard Hess Stejneger (30 October 1851 – 28 February 1943) was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. Stejneger specialized in vertebrate natural history studies. He gained his greatest reputation with reptiles and amphibians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonhard Stejneger is the 655th most popular biologist (up from 972nd in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Norway (up from 474th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Norwegian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Leonhard Stejneger ranks 655 out of 1,097. Before him are Anders Dahl, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Charles Frédéric Girard, Wilhelm Hofmeister, and James Francis Stephens. After him are Sabiha Kasimati, Jacob Sturm, Pál Kitaibel, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Paul Nurse, and Francisco Hernández de Toledo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Leonhard Stejneger ranks 64. Before him are Angelo Moriondo, Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Václav Brožík, Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau, Julien Dupré, and George Abraham Grierson. After him are Jane Dieulafoy, Andrei Zhelyabov, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Ruperto Chapí, Guillermo Billinghurst, and Ernst Josephson. Among people deceased in 1943, Leonhard Stejneger ranks 141. Before him are Elise Richter, Erich Bey, Franceska Mann, René de Saussure, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, and Kočo Racin. After him are Ernst Trygger, Dora Gerson, Lucien Démanet, Doris Miller, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, and Helen Herron Taft.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Leonhard Stejneger ranks 247 out of 1,039. Before him are Magne Furuholmen (1962), Torbjørn Falkanger (1927), Kjetil André Aamodt (1971), Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (1961), Molla Mallory (1884), and Simon Slåttvik (1917). After him are Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), Sonja Wigert (1913), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), Haakon the Young (1232), Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015), and Wenche Myhre (1947).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Norway

Among biologists born in Norway, Leonhard Stejneger ranks 7. Before him are Harald Sverdrup (1888), Martin Vahl (1749), Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718), Henrik Steffens (1773), Kristine Bonnevie (1872), and Georg Ossian Sars (1837). After him are Michael Sars (1805), Peter Ascanius (1723), and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873).

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