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Leopold Fitzinger

1802 - 1884

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Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger (13 April 1802 – 20 September 1884) was an Austrian zoologist. Fitzinger was born in Vienna and studied botany at the University of Vienna under Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. He worked at the Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum between 1817, when he joined as a volunteer assistant, and 1821, when he left to become secretary to the provincial legislature of Lower Austria; after a hiatus, he was appointed assistant curator in 1844 and remained at the Naturhistorisches Museum until 1861. Later, he became director of the zoos of Munich and Budapest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopold Fitzinger is the 275th most popular biologist (up from 293rd in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Austria (up from 480th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Leopold Fitzinger ranks 275 out of 1,097. Before him are Desmond Morris, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Francisco Varela, C. L. Gloger, Jack W. Szostak, and Carl Ludwig Blume. After him are Morten Thrane Brünnich, Sergei Winogradsky, James Rothman, Eduard Rüppell, Nathaniel Wallich, and Johann Hermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Leopold Fitzinger ranks 24. Before him are Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Husein Gradaščević, Germain Henri Hess, Charlotte Bonaparte, Charles Auguste de Bériot, and Johann Friedrich von Brandt. After him are Ignacy Domeyko, Harriet Martineau, Robert Chambers, Paul-Émile Botta, Arnold Ruge, and Frederick William, Elector of Hesse. Among people deceased in 1884, Leopold Fitzinger ranks 24. Before him are Hermann Schlegel, Hans Makart, Allan Pinkerton, Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, Paul Abadie, and Jules Bastien-Lepage. After him are Eduard Rüppell, Alexander, Prince of Orange, George Bentham, William, Duke of Brunswick, François Mignet, and Jan Arnošt Smoler.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Leopold Fitzinger ranks 393 out of 1,424. Before him are Alois Riegl (1858), Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (1371), Edwin Ernest Salpeter (1924), Emilie Louise Flöge (1874), Theodor Körner (1873), and Eduard Roschmann (1908). After him are Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), Christine Kaufmann (1945), Gordon Gollob (1912), Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669), Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902), and Hermine Braunsteiner (1919).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Leopold Fitzinger ranks 7. Before him are Konrad Lorenz (1903), Karl Landsteiner (1868), Karl von Frisch (1886), Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901), Othenio Abel (1875), and Joy Adamson (1910). After him are Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), Erich von Tschermak (1871), Clemens von Pirquet (1874), Otto Stapf (1857), Franz Steindachner (1834), and Joseph Rock (1884).

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