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Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin

1727 - 1817

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Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 1727 – 26 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin is the 127th most popular biologist (up from 148th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 167th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Dutch Biologist.

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin is most famous for his work on plant physiology. He is credited with discovering the process of photosynthesis.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin ranks 127 out of 1,097. Before him are Carl Peter Thunberg, John Hopfield, Erasmus Darwin, Carl Nägeli, Hans Christian Gram, and Robert Whittaker. After him are Hamilton O. Smith, Sam Harris, Reginald Innes Pocock, Sydney Brenner, John Franklin Enders, and Jan Swammerdam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin ranks 6. Before him are Louise Élisabeth of France, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Thomas Gainsborough, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, and Jean-Georges Noverre. After him are Empress Xiaoyichun, Henriette of France, Michel Adanson, Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, and Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena. Among people deceased in 1817, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin ranks 10. Before him are Germaine de Staël, Charles Messier, André Masséna, Karađorđe, Marie Walewska, and Martin Heinrich Klaproth. After him are Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Duke Louis of Württemberg, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Nakşidil Sultan, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, and Fyodor Ushakov.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin ranks 116 out of 1,646. Before him are Norbert of Xanten (1080), Jacobus Arminius (1560), Bernard Mandeville (1670), Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), and Gerard David (1450). After him are Jan Swammerdam (1637), Anton Mauve (1838), Eugène Dubois (1858), Claus Sluter (1340), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), and Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin ranks 6. Before him are Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Hugo de Vries (1848), Herman Boerhaave (1668), and Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778). After him are Jan Swammerdam (1637), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), Pieter Boddaert (1730), Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Pieter Bleeker (1819), and Wilhem de Haan (1801).

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