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Oswald Heer

1809 - 1883

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Oswald Heer (or Oswald von Heer) (31 August 1809 – 27 September 1883), Swiss geologist and naturalist, was born at Niederuzwil in Canton of St. Gallen and died in Lausanne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oswald Heer is the 449th most popular biologist (up from 540th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 383rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Swiss Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Oswald Heer ranks 449 out of 1,097Before him are Franz von Paula Schrank, Ernst Hartert, Alexander Wilson, Leizu, Henri Ernest Baillon, and Clemens von Pirquet. After him are Francisco Manuel Blanco, Carl Meissner, George Allman, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Robert Gallo, and Rudolf Jakob Camerarius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Oswald Heer ranks 39Before him are François Certain de Canrobert, Karl Koch, Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Jules Favre, and Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin. After him are Heinrich Hoffmann, Kit Carson, Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Constantin von Alvensleben, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, and Bénédict Morel. Among people deceased in 1883, Oswald Heer ranks 42Before him are Iwakura Tomomi, Cyprian Norwid, Gustave Aimard, Robert Volkmann, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, and Filippo Pacini. After him are Napoleon Orda, Reinhart Dozy, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Ciprian Porumbescu, Heinrich von Ferstel, and Louis-François-Clement Breguet.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Oswald Heer ranks 294 out of 1,015Before him are Claude Goretta (1929), Peter Bichsel (1935), Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952), Peter Bieri (1944), Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), and Ignazio Cassis (1961). After him are Robert Frank (1924), Michelle Hunziker (1977), Julius Maggi (1846), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Princess Elena of Romania (1950), and Carl Meissner (1800).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Switzerland

Among biologists born in Switzerland, Oswald Heer ranks 17Before him are Albert von Kölliker (1817), Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810), François-Alphonse Forel (1841), Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884), and Abraham Trembley (1710). After him are Carl Meissner (1800), Johann Bauhin (1541), Casimir de Candolle (1836), Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829), Alfred Newton (1829), and Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828).