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Martin Vahl

1749 - 1804

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Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Vahl is the 254th most popular biologist (up from 286th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Norway (up from 119th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Martin Vahl ranks 254 out of 1,097. Before him are H. Robert Horvitz, Harald Sverdrup, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, Joy Adamson, Johann Baptist von Spix, and Albert von Kölliker. After him are Henri Milne-Edwards, Charles Bell, Frédéric Cuvier, Eva Ekeblad, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, and Pierre Belon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, Martin Vahl ranks 17. Before him are Daniel Rutherford, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Vittorio Alfieri, and Alexander Radishchev. After him are Levi Lincoln Sr., Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Georg Joseph Vogler, Charlotte Smith, and Gertrud Elisabeth Mara. Among people deceased in 1804, Martin Vahl ranks 16. Before him are Wolfgang von Kempelen, Jean-Charles Pichegru, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Jazzar Pasha, Princess Carolina of Parma, and Antoine Baumé. After him are Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Johann Adam Hiller, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Antonio José Cavanilles, 8th Dalai Lama, and Carlo Allioni.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Martin Vahl ranks 101 out of 1,039. Before him are Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (910), Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Einar Gerhardsen (1897), Harald Sverdrup (1888), Atle Selberg (1917), and Lars Korvald (1916). After him are Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (1973), Jørgen Moe (1813), Magnus II of Norway (1048), Odvar Nordli (1927), Johan Nygaardsvold (1879), and May-Britt Moser (1963).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Norway

Among biologists born in Norway, Martin Vahl ranks 2. Before him are Harald Sverdrup (1888). After him are Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718), Henrik Steffens (1773), Kristine Bonnevie (1872), Georg Ossian Sars (1837), Leonhard Stejneger (1851), Michael Sars (1805), Peter Ascanius (1723), and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873).

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