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Theodor Boveri

1862 - 1915

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Theodor Heinrich Boveri (12 October 1862 – 15 October 1915) was a German zoologist, comparative anatomist and co-founder of modern cytology. He was notable for the first hypothesis regarding cellular processes that cause cancer, and for describing chromatin diminution in nematodes. His brother was industrialist Walter Boveri. Boveri was married to the American biologist Marcella O'Grady (1863–1950). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Boveri is the 398th most popular biologist (down from 378th in 2019), the 2,574th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,893rd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Theodor Boveri ranks 398 out of 1,097. Before him are Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, William Elford Leach, James Bond, Alexander von Nordmann, Edwin Klebs, and Johan Ernst Gunnerus. After him are Georg Eberhard Rumphius, Ludwik Fleck, Karl Koch, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Harold E. Varmus, and Lev Berg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Theodor Boveri ranks 68. Before him are Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, William Wallace Campbell, Friedrich Meinecke, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Louis Botha, and Paul Adam. After him are Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Henri Le Sidaner, Okakura Kakuzō, Carl Charlier, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, and Maurice Emmanuel. Among people deceased in 1915, Theodor Boveri ranks 48. Before him are Friedrich Loeffler, Carlos Finlay, Anatoly Stessel, Karl Lamprecht, Danilo Ilić, and Akaki Tsereteli. After him are Józef Brandt, Pierre-Émile Martin, Walter Crane, Otto Weddigen, Vazha-Pshavela, and Inoue Kaoru.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Boveri ranks 2,575 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780), Abraham Mignon (1640), Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer (1900), Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1652), Hermann Tilke (1954), and John III, Duke of Cleves (1490). After him are Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg (1677), Werner Krauss (1884), Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1284), Hans Hartwig von Beseler (1850), Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846), and John II, Count Palatine of Simmern (1492).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Theodor Boveri ranks 73. Before him are Fritz Müller (1822), Otto Kuntze (1843), August Batsch (1761), Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743), Johann Georg Wagler (1800), and Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916). After him are Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627), Karl Koch (1809), Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831), Georg August Goldfuss (1782), Alexander Braun (1805), and Heinrich Boie (1794).

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