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Pierre Poivre

1719 - 1786

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Pierre Poivre (23 August 1719 – 6 January 1786) was an 18th-century horticulturist and botanist. He was born in Lyon, France. He was a missionary to East Asia, intendant of French colonial islands in the Indian Ocean, and wearer of the cordon of St. Michel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Poivre is the 280th most popular explorer (down from 257th in 2019), the 3,177th most popular biography from France (down from 3,062nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pierre Poivre ranks 280 out of 498. Before him are Grigory Shelikhov, Charles Wilkes, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Richard Chancellor, László Almásy, and William Smith. After him are Willem de Vlamingh, Estêvão Gomes, Ludwig Leichhardt, Freya Stark, Ivan Papanin, and Nuno Tristão.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1719, Pierre Poivre ranks 12. Before him are Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Jacques Cazotte, Gottfried Achenwall, Adel Shah, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, and Christian Mayer. After him are Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, Thomas Gage, and Michel-Jean Sedaine. Among people deceased in 1786, Pierre Poivre ranks 17. Before him are Tokugawa Ieharu, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Antonio Sacchini, John Stanley, Hans Joachim von Zieten, and Giovanni Battista Guadagnini. After him are John Byron, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Thomas Wright, Nathanael Greene, Bernardo de Gálvez, and Jean-Étienne Guettard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Poivre ranks 3,177 out of 6,770. Before him are John III, Duke of Brittany (1286), Michel Berger (1947), Patricia Kaas (1966), Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1498), Achille Richard (1794), and Charles Dullin (1885). After him are Jean Lorrain (1855), Charles Frédéric Petit (1857), Pal Benko (1928), Christian Ferras (1933), Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755), and Adrien Maurice de Noailles (1678).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Pierre Poivre ranks 27. Before him are Francis Garnier (1839), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), René Caillié (1799), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), and André Thevet (1516). After him are Freya Stark (1893), Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755), Jacques Labillardière (1755), Nicolas Baudin (1754), Louis de Freycinet (1779), and Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859).

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