BIOLOGIST

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

1683 - 1757

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René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (; French: [ʁeomyʁ]; 28 February 1683 – 17 October 1757) was a French entomologist and writer who contributed to many different fields, especially the study of insects. He introduced the Réaumur temperature scale. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur is the 60th most popular biologist (down from 49th in 2019), the 593rd most popular biography from France (up from 659th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Biologist.

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur is most famous for his work in the field of thermometry. He invented the mercury thermometer and the alcohol thermometer.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ranks 60 out of 1,097. Before him are Karl Ernst von Baer, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, François Jacob, Roger Guillemin, Theodor Schwann, and Hugo Gunckel Lüer. After him are Jean Dausset, Gregory Winter, Linda B. Buck, Daniel Bovet, Hugo de Vries, and Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ranks 5. Before him are Philip V of Spain, Jean-Philippe Rameau, George II of Great Britain, and Caroline of Ansbach. After him are Maria Anna of Austria, 6th Dalai Lama, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Gottfried Silbermann, Christoph Graupner, John Theophilus Desaguliers, and Johann David Heinichen. Among people deceased in 1757, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ranks 3. Before him are Domenico Scarlatti, and Osman III. After him are Maria Josepha of Austria, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Princess Caroline of Great Britain, Rosalba Carriera, Robert-François Damiens, Johann Stamitz, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Siraj ud-Daulah, and David Hartley.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ranks 593 out of 6,770. Before him are Mireille Darc (1938), Jacques Le Goff (1924), Daniel Auber (1782), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045). After him are Edmond Becquerel (1820), Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729), Éric Rohmer (1920), Jean Dausset (1916), Paul Claudel (1868), and Gustave Caillebotte (1848).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ranks 11. Before him are Luc Montagnier (1932), Charles Richet (1850), André Michel Lwoff (1902), Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947), François Jacob (1920), and Roger Guillemin (1924). After him are Jean Dausset (1916), Adelbert von Chamisso (1781), Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748), René Lesson (1794), Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772), and Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803).

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