BIOLOGIST

Władysław Taczanowski

1819 - 1890

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Władysław Taczanowski ([vwaˈdɨ.swaf ta.t͡ʂaˈnɔf.skʲi]; 17 March 1819, in Jabłonna, Lublin Voivodeship – 17 January 1890, in Warsaw) was a Polish zoologist and collector of natural history who explored the Russian Far East and northern Africa. He specialized mainly in ornithology but also described numerous other taxa including reptiles and arachnids. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Władysław Taczanowski is the 603rd most popular biologist (up from 649th in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from Poland (up from 904th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Polish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Władysław Taczanowski ranks 603 out of 1,097. Before him are John Murray, Francisco J. Ayala, George Clifford III, Ruth Arnon, Antoine Risso, and Otto Stapf. After him are Jon E. Ahlquist, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Jules Émile Planchon, Adrien René Franchet, Émile Duclaux, and Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Władysław Taczanowski ranks 67. Before him are Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Butrus al-Bustani, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Edwin Drake, Théodore Gouvy, and James Russell Lowell. After him are Nicolae Bălcescu, Lucile Grahn, Abe Masahiro, Friedrich von Bodenstedt, Maria Wodzińska, and Henri Harpignies. Among people deceased in 1890, Władysław Taczanowski ranks 43. Before him are Franz Lachner, Alexander Mozhaysky, Octave Feuillet, Alexander Parkes, Jacques-Louis Soret, and John C. Frémont. After him are Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, Marianne North, Pyotr Chikhachyov, Johann Georg Halske, James Nasmyth, and Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Władysław Taczanowski ranks 777 out of 1,694. Before him are Wojciech Zabłocki (1930), Walter Laqueur (1921), Dagmara Domińczyk (1976), Arthur Moritz Schoenflies (1853), Rudolf Ramek (1881), and Rainer Barzel (1924). After him are Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), Marcin Kromer (1512), Joanna Chmielewska (1932), Abraham Brill (1874), Bernhard Goetzke (1884), and Fritz Laband (1925).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Poland

Among biologists born in Poland, Władysław Taczanowski ranks 10. Before him are Adolf Engler (1844), C. L. Gloger (1803), Johann Reinhold Forster (1729), Julius von Sachs (1832), Johannes Thiele (1860), and Martin Rathke (1793). After him are Gustav Radde (1831), Michael Sela (1924), Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799), Wilhelm Hemprich (1796), Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925), and Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884).

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