BIOLOGIST

Oscar Hertwig

1849 - 1922

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Oscar Hertwig (21 April 1849 in Friedberg – 25 October 1922 in Berlin) was a German embryologist and zoologist known for his research in developmental biology and evolution. Hertwig is credited as the first person to observe sexual reproduction at the cellular level, by looking at the cells of sea urchins under the microscope. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Hertwig is the 441st most popular biologist (up from 555th in 2019), the 2,844th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,867th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Oscar Hertwig ranks 441 out of 1,097. Before him are Arthur Cronquist, Robert Weinberg, Mary Elizabeth Barber, John Stevens Henslow, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, and Rudolf Weigl. After him are Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Franz von Paula Schrank, Ernst Hartert, Alexander Wilson, Leizu, and Henri Ernest Baillon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Oscar Hertwig ranks 49. Before him are Dersu Uzala, William Osler, Karl Brugmann, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, and Johan August Brinell. After him are Alexander von Krobatin, Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Benjamin Godard, Nikolai Nebogatov, Luther Burbank, and Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav. Among people deceased in 1922, Oscar Hertwig ranks 59. Before him are Kamo, Felip Pedrell, Jules Guesde, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Pandita Ramabai, and Slavoljub Eduard Penkala. After him are Erskine Childers, Nikolai Nebogatov, Dimitrios Gounaris, Max Abraham, Joseph Oller, and Luigi Denza.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oscar Hertwig ranks 2,845 out of 7,253. Before him are Moritz Cantor (1829), Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871), Horst Eckel (1932), Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765), Aenne Burda (1909), and Toni Turek (1919). After him are Otto Warburg (1859), Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644), Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (1724), Malwida von Meysenbug (1816), Heinz G. Konsalik (1921), and Paul Ben-Haim (1897).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Oscar Hertwig ranks 85. Before him are Heinrich Boie (1794), Carl Hagenbeck (1844), Adolf Mayer (1843), Joseph Gaertner (1732), Blasius Merrem (1761), and Wilhelm Roux (1850). After him are Franz von Paula Schrank (1747), Ernst Hartert (1859), Rudolf Jakob Camerarius (1665), Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied (1782), Heinrich Schrader (1767), and Georg Franz Hoffmann (1760).

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