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Richard Wettstein

1863 - 1931

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Richard Wettstein (30 June 1863 in Vienna – 10 August 1931 in Trins) was an Austrian botanist. His taxonomic system, the Wettstein system, was one of the earliest based on phyletic principles. Wettstein studied in Vienna, where he was a disciple of Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1831-1898) and married his daughter Adele. During his time at the University of Vienna, he founded the student-led Natural Science Association with his friend Karl Eggerth in 1882. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Wettstein is the 774th most popular biologist (down from 714th in 2019), the 830th most popular biography from Austria (up from 853rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Austrian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Richard Wettstein ranks 774 out of 1,097. Before him are Otto von Münchhausen, Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, David Don, Robert Ridgway, C. B. van Niel, and Mary F. Lyon. After him are Herbert Copeland, Édouard Spach, Neil Campbell, Angela Piskernik, Stephen Schneider, and Émil Goeldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Richard Wettstein ranks 135. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Gottlieb von Jagow, Arno Holz, Zabel Sibil Asadour, Rūdolfs Blaumanis, and Axel Thue. After him are Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Aleksandr Golovin, Sergey Oldenburg, Peider Lansel, André Blondel, and W. W. Jacobs. Among people deceased in 1931, Richard Wettstein ranks 115. Before him are Vladimir Triandafillov, Alice Pike Barney, Emiliano Figueroa, Konrad Stäheli, William Orpen, and Sukhdev Thapar. After him are Albert Capellani, Eugen Schmidt, Emilio Aceval, David Belasco, Elsa Laula Renberg, and Ladislaus Bortkiewicz.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Richard Wettstein ranks 830 out of 1,424. Before him are Hans Mock (1906), Robert Körner (1924), Ernst Haas (1921), Alexander Wurz (1974), Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795), and Walter Zeman (1927). After him are Eva Janko (1945), Robert Sara (1946), Matthias Kaburek (1911), Robert Lowie (1883), Clemens Holzmeister (1886), and Albert Ehrenstein (1886).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Richard Wettstein ranks 17. Before him are Otto Stapf (1857), Franz Steindachner (1834), Joseph Rock (1884), Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727), Pál Kitaibel (1757), and Josef August Schultes (1773). After him are Johann Natterer (1787), Franz Unger (1800), Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878), and Angelika Amon (1967).

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