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Willi Hennig

1913 - 1976

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Emil Hans Willi Hennig (20 April 1913 – 5 November 1976) was a German biologist and zoologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, otherwise known as cladistics. In 1945 as a prisoner of war, Hennig began work on his theory of cladistics, which he published in German in 1950, with a substantially revised English translation published in 1966. With his works on evolution and systematics he revolutionised the view of the natural order of beings. As a taxonomist, he specialised in dipterans (true flies). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willi Hennig is the 322nd most popular biologist (down from 240th in 2019), the 2,163rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,905th in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Willi Hennig ranks 322 out of 1,097. Before him are Ian Wilmut, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, David Bruce, Christian Ludwig Brehm, and Erich von Tschermak. After him are Andrew Fire, Erik Acharius, David Baltimore, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Carol W. Greider, and Johann Reinhold Forster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Willi Hennig ranks 111. Before him are Haxhi Lleshi, Shih Kien, Sebastiano Baggio, Franck Pourcel, Pak Song-chol, and Masatoshi Nakayama. After him are José Sánchez del Río, Mary Kenneth Keller, Philip Abelson, Tikhon Khrennikov, Wols, and Georgy Flyorov. Among people deceased in 1976, Willi Hennig ranks 76. Before him are Alexandros Panagoulis, Géza Anda, Hans Richter, Kálmán Kalocsay, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, and Carol Reed. After him are Paul Morand, Karl Schäfer, David Jacobs, Gregor Piatigorsky, Zhang Wentian, and Rudolf Kempe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Willi Hennig ranks 2,164 out of 7,253. Before him are Juliana of Stolberg (1506), Mina Witkojc (1893), Hans Poelzig (1869), Charlotte Salomon (1917), Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1943), and Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828). After him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern (1924), Michael Fassbender (1977), Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835), Princess Antonia of Luxembourg (1899), Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1763), and Wolfgang of Regensburg (924).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Willi Hennig ranks 57. Before him are Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718), Hieronymus Bock (1498), Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839), Karl Gegenbaur (1826), Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), and Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787). After him are Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776), Hermann Burmeister (1807), Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809), Valerius Cordus (1515), Wilhelm Peters (1815), and Friedrich Boie (1789).

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