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Martinus Beijerinck

1851 - 1931

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Martinus Willem Beijerinck (Dutch pronunciation: [mɑrˈtinʏs ˈʋɪləm ˈbɛiərɪŋk], 16 March 1851 – 1 January 1931) was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist who was one of the founders of virology and environmental microbiology. He is credited with the co-discovery of viruses (1898), which he called "contagium vivum fluidum". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martinus Beijerinck is the 187th most popular biologist (down from 123rd in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 147th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Dutch Biologist.

Martinus Beijerinck is most famous for his discovery of the virus causing tobacco mosaic disease.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Martinus Beijerinck ranks 187 out of 1,097. Before him are Carl Woese, Giovanni Sartori, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, Charles Bonnet, Paul Greengard, and Armand David. After him are Anna Atkins, Julius Richard Petri, Julian Huxley, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Alexander Georg von Bunge, and Carl Linnaeus the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Martinus Beijerinck ranks 17. Before him are Ismail Gaspirali, Peder Severin Krøyer, Georg Jellinek, Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Vincent d'Indy, and Adolf von Harnack. After him are Friedrich von Wieser, Knut Wicksell, Jacobus Kapteyn, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Bernardino Machado, and Torakusu Yamaha. Among people deceased in 1931, Martinus Beijerinck ranks 30. Before him are Peter Kürten, Carin Göring, Eugène Ysaÿe, Dionysios Kasdaglis, Vincent d'Indy, and Kitasato Shibasaburō. After him are Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Giovanni Boldini, Auguste Forel, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, André Michelin, and Wilhelm von Gloeden.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Martinus Beijerinck ranks 164 out of 1,646. Before him are Frederick de Houtman (1571), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), Rodolphus Agricola (1443), Rachel Ruysch (1664), Bert van Marwijk (1952), and Roméo Dallaire (1946). After him are Gustav Leonhardt (1928), Pieter Lastman (1583), Famke Janssen (1964), Pim Fortuyn (1948), Piet Keizer (1943), and Ruud Lubbers (1939).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Martinus Beijerinck ranks 8. Before him are Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Hugo de Vries (1848), Herman Boerhaave (1668), Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), and Jan Swammerdam (1637). After him are Pieter Boddaert (1730), Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Pieter Bleeker (1819), Wilhem de Haan (1801), George Clifford III (1685), and Pieter Willem Korthals (1807).

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