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Nicolaas Laurens Burman

1734 - 1793

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Nicolaas Laurens Burman (27 December 1734 – 11 September 1793) was a Dutch botanist. He was the son of Johannes Burman (1707–1780). He succeeded his father to the chair of botany at the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam., and at the Hortus Botanicus. He continued the correspondence with Carl Linnaeus, joining him at the University of Uppsala in 1760. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolaas Laurens Burman is the 389th most popular biologist (down from 379th in 2019), the 369th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 451st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Nicolaas Laurens Burman ranks 389 out of 1,097. Before him are François-Alphonse Forel, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Carlo Allioni, Louis Claude Richard, Johann Georg Wagler, and Josias Braun-Blanquet. After him are Carl Borivoj Presl, Carl Jakob Sundevall, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, William Elford Leach, James Bond, and Alexander von Nordmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Nicolaas Laurens Burman ranks 21. Before him are Anton Janša, Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Shahrokh Shah, and Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him are Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti, Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin, Francisco Bayeu y Subías, George Romney, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, and Ralph Abercromby. Among people deceased in 1793, Nicolaas Laurens Burman ranks 32. Before him are Fletcher Christian, John Hunter, John Hancock, Joannicius III of Constantinople, Pietro Nardini, and Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him are Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Armand Louis de Gontaut, Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau, and Karl Philipp Moritz.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nicolaas Laurens Burman ranks 369 out of 1,646. Before him are Gottfried van Swieten (1733), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969), Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563), Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), and Anton Corbijn (1955). After him are Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Titus van Rijn (1641), Sharon den Adel (1974), Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931), Hendrick de Keyser (1565), and Albert van Ouwater (1415).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Nicolaas Laurens Burman ranks 10. Before him are Herman Boerhaave (1668), Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), Jan Swammerdam (1637), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), and Pieter Boddaert (1730). After him are Pieter Bleeker (1819), Wilhem de Haan (1801), George Clifford III (1685), Pieter Willem Korthals (1807), Volcher Coiter (1534), and Johannes Burman (1707).

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