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Wilhelm Philippe Schimper

1808 - 1880

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Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (January 12, 1808 – March 20, 1880, in Lichtenberg) was an Alsatian botanist with French, later German citizenship. He was born in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, but spent his youth in Offwiller, a village at the foot of the Vosges mountain range in Alsace. He was the father of botanist Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856–1901), and a cousin to naturalist Karl Friedrich Schimper (1803–1867) and botanist Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper (1804–1878). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Philippe Schimper is the 852nd most popular biologist (up from 914th in 2019), the 4,449th most popular biography from France (up from 4,894th in 2019) and the 118th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Wilhelm Philippe Schimper ranks 852 out of 1,097. Before him are Astrid Cleve, William Kirby, John Hutton Balfour, John Kunkel Small, Carl Fredrik Fallén, and Jean-Pierre Changeux. After him are Arthur Gardiner Butler, Nikolay Drozdov, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Everard Home, William Sherard, and Lucas Alamán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Wilhelm Philippe Schimper ranks 59. Before him are Henry Edward Manning, John Taylor, Antonio Arenas, Constantin Negruzzi, John Hutton Balfour, and Franz Theodor Kugler. After him are Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Wendela Hebbe, Michael William Balfe, José Rufino Echenique, Hugh Falconer, and Frederik Kaiser. Among people deceased in 1880, Wilhelm Philippe Schimper ranks 61. Before him are Karl von Holtei, Heinrich von Gagern, Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, and William Hallowes Miller. After him are Daniel Bashiel Warner, Lydia Maria Child, Manolache Costache Epureanu, José Ignacio de Márquez, Manuel Murillo Toro, and José Ruperto Monagas.

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In France

Among people born in France, Wilhelm Philippe Schimper ranks 4,449 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Debucourt (1894), Judith Godrèche (1972), Betsy Jolas (1926), Jean-Pierre Changeux (1936), Karen Lancaume (1973), and Christine Goitschel (1944). After him are Jean Marcel Honoré (1920), Charles Joseph Minard (1781), Victor Bérard (1864), Lucien Clergue (1934), Frantz Reichel (1871), and Saint-Pol-Roux (1861).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Wilhelm Philippe Schimper ranks 118. Before him are Jules Pierre Rambur (1801), Aimée Antoinette Camus (1879), André Thouin (1746), Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804), René Dubos (1901), and Jean-Pierre Changeux (1936). After him are Jules Verreaux (1807), Édouard Ménétries (1802), Édouard Louis Trouessart (1842), Théodore Monod (1902), Paul Henri Lecomte (1856), and Palisot de Beauvois (1752).

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