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Richard Goldschmidt

1878 - 1958

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Richard Benedict Goldschmidt (April 12, 1878 – April 24, 1958) was a German geneticist. He is considered the first to attempt to integrate genetics, development, and evolution. He pioneered understanding of reaction norms, genetic assimilation, dynamical genetics, sex determination, and heterochrony. Controversially, Goldschmidt advanced a model of macroevolution through macromutations popularly known as the "Hopeful Monster" hypothesis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Goldschmidt is the 706th most popular biologist (down from 610th in 2019), the 4,130th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,120th in 2019) and the 149th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Richard Goldschmidt ranks 706 out of 1,097. Before him are Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati, Pier Andrea Saccardo, Conrad Moench, N. E. Brown, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, and Rodolfo Amando Philippi. After him are Johannes Baptista von Albertini, Anthony R. Hunter, Jean de Thévenot, Franz Xaver Fieber, Alexander Wetmore, and Johannes Burman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Richard Goldschmidt ranks 171. Before him are Chen Qimei, Agner Krarup Erlang, Nikolai Avksentiev, Carl Sternheim, Gaston Alibert, and Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After him are František Janda-Suk, Leonhard Kaupisch, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Alexander Svechin, Fidel Dávila Arrondo, and José Berraondo. Among people deceased in 1958, Richard Goldschmidt ranks 119. Before him are Bart van der Leck, Haykanoush Danielyan, Ferdinand Bruckner, Herbert Brenon, Gustaf Söderström, and Armas Järnefelt. After him are Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Henryk Arctowski, Billy Meredith, Oreste Puliti, Geoff Bent, and Henock Abrahamsson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard Goldschmidt ranks 4,132 out of 7,253. Before him are Kurt Ahrens Jr. (1940), Christian Petzold (1960), Hannelore Elsner (1942), Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792), Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808), and Theo Adam (1926). After him are Hieronymous Theodor Richter (1824), Heinz Stuy (1945), Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg (1675), Alfred Kelbassa (1925), Julius Hirsch (1892), and Thomas Schaaf (1961).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Richard Goldschmidt ranks 149. Before him are Basilius Besler (1561), Anton Reichenow (1847), Albert Bernhard Frank (1839), Conrad Moench (1744), Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792), and Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808). After him are Johannes Baptista von Albertini (1769), Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804), Ernst Stromer (1871), Amalie Dietrich (1821), Hugo von Mohl (1805), and Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (1816).

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