BIOLOGIST

Philibert Commerson

1727 - 1773

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Philibert Commerson (French: [filibɛʁ kɔmɛʁsɔ̃]; 18 November 1727 – 14 March 1773), sometimes spelled Commerçon by contemporaries, was a French naturalist, best known for accompanying Louis Antoine de Bougainville on his voyage of circumnavigation in 1766–1769. The standard author abbreviation Comm. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philibert Commerson is the 409th most popular biologist (down from 327th in 2019), the 2,709th most popular biography from France (down from 2,675th in 2019) and the 49th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Philibert Commerson ranks 409 out of 1,097. Before him are Harold E. Varmus, Lev Berg, Heinrich Anton de Bary, June Almeida, Georg August Goldfuss, and Auguste Chevalier. After him are Achille Valenciennes, Pierre Magnol, Eugène Simon, Arthur Tansley, John Needham, and Alexander Braun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Philibert Commerson ranks 21. Before him are Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, Pasquale Anfossi, Tommaso Traetta, Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, and James Wolfe. After him are Horatio Gates, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, François-Hubert Drouais, Ivan Shuvalov, and Ignaz Schiffermüller. Among people deceased in 1773, Philibert Commerson ranks 10. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Anton Janša, Paisius of Hilendar, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Luigi Vanvitelli, and Johan Ernst Gunnerus. After him are Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Stanisław Konarski, Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, Alexis Piron, Pietro Bracci, and Ismail III.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philibert Commerson ranks 2,709 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816), Bruno Metsu (1954), Adolphe Nourrit (1802), Pierre Clastres (1934), Laurent de La Hyre (1606), and Pierre Woodman (1963). After him are Jean-Hugues Anglade (1955), Jean-Jacques Goldman (1951), Achille Valenciennes (1794), Ghislaine Maxwell (1961), Theobald III, Count of Blois (1019), and Jean-François Regnard (1655).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Philibert Commerson ranks 49. Before him are Jean René Constant Quoy (1790), Charles Plumier (1646), Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801), Louis Claude Richard (1754), Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752), and Auguste Chevalier (1873). After him are Achille Valenciennes (1794), Pierre Magnol (1638), Eugène Simon (1848), Paul Gervais (1816), Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748), and Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797).

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