BIOLOGIST

Pál Kitaibel

1757 - 1817

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Pál Kitaibel (3 February 1757 – 13 December 1817) was a Hungarian botanist and chemist. He was born at Nagymarton (today Mattersburg, Austria) and studied botany and chemistry at the University of Buda. In 1794 he became Professor and taught these subjects at Pest. As well as studying the flora and hydrography of Hungary, in 1789 he discovered the element tellurium, but later gave the credit to Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1740–1825) who had actually discovered it in 1782. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pál Kitaibel is the 658th most popular biologist (up from 755th in 2019), the 739th most popular biography from Austria (up from 887th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Austrian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Pál Kitaibel ranks 658 out of 1,097. Before him are Charles Frédéric Girard, Wilhelm Hofmeister, James Francis Stephens, Leonhard Stejneger, Sabiha Kasimati, and Jacob Sturm. After him are Ferdinand Albin Pax, Paul Nurse, Francisco Hernández de Toledo, Archibald Reiss, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, and Hipólito Ruiz López.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Pál Kitaibel ranks 35. Before him are Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, and Alessandro Rolla. After him are Wojciech Bogusławski, Thomas Telford, James Sowerby, Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, John Adair, and Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth. Among people deceased in 1817, Pál Kitaibel ranks 36. Before him are Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Jean-Sifrein Maury, William Gregor, Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Pattimura. After him are Anna Maria Lenngren, Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, Juan Meléndez Valdés, Martín Javier Mina y Larrea, and Thomas McKean.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Pál Kitaibel ranks 739 out of 1,424. Before him are Rudolf von Alt (1812), Friederike Mayröcker (1924), Ignaz von Seyfried (1776), Anton Josef Gruscha (1820), Victor Papanek (1923), and İlber Ortaylı (1947). After him are Richard Oswald (1880), Béla Barényi (1907), Daniel Gran (1694), Marietta Blau (1894), Alfred Riedl (1949), and Archduke Friedrich of Austria (1821).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Pál Kitaibel ranks 15. Before him are Erich von Tschermak (1871), Clemens von Pirquet (1874), Otto Stapf (1857), Franz Steindachner (1834), Joseph Rock (1884), and Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727). After him are Josef August Schultes (1773), Richard Wettstein (1863), Johann Natterer (1787), Franz Unger (1800), Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878), and Angelika Amon (1967).

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