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Élie-Abel Carrière

1818 - 1896

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Élie-Abel Carrière (4 June 1818 – 17 August 1896) was a French botanist, based in Paris. He was a leading authority on conifers in the period 1850–1870, describing many new species, and the new genera Tsuga, Keteleeria and Pseudotsuga. His most important work was the Traité Général des Conifères, published in 1855, with a second, extensively revised edition in 1867. There is a brief biography of Carrière, in English, in the journal Brittonia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Élie-Abel Carrière is the 755th most popular biologist (down from 646th in 2019), the 4,151st most popular biography from France (down from 4,120th in 2019) and the 104th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Élie-Abel Carrière ranks 755 out of 1,097. Before him are Friedrich Reinitzer, Francis Collins, Ardem Patapoutian, Heinrich Zollinger, James L. Peters, and Johann Amman. After him are Alexei Fedchenko, Garrett Hardin, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, John Hutchinson, Domenico Vandelli, and Bertha Lutz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Élie-Abel Carrière ranks 77. Before him are Mikhail Katkov, José María Castro Madriz, Alexander Dreyschock, Josip Filipović, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, and Heinrich Zollinger. After him are Dimitrie Brătianu, Irvin McDowell, Ole Jacob Broch, Johan Lange, Wilhelm Camphausen, and William M. Evarts. Among people deceased in 1896, Élie-Abel Carrière ranks 71. Before him are Maria Wodzińska, Johannes Müller Argoviensis, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Antonio Maceo Grajales, Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, and Aleksandr Stoletov. After him are Luigi Palmieri, Jane Wilde, Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Hugo Gyldén, Ilya Berezin, and George du Maurier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Élie-Abel Carrière ranks 4,151 out of 6,770. Before him are Julien Guiomar (1928), Richard Gasquet (1986), Marie-Anne Chazel (1951), Maurice Genevoix (1890), René Petit (1899), and Maurice Guigue (1912). After him are Adalbero of Reims (null), Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841), Philippe Rousselot (1945), René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1694), Catherine Colonna (1956), and Joseph Alzin (1893).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Élie-Abel Carrière ranks 104. Before him are Jean de Thévenot (1633), Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759), Paul Bert (1833), Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856), Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784), and Sabin Berthelot (1794). After him are Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716), Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (1855), Édouard Spach (1801), Bernard Heuvelmans (1916), Michel Félix Dunal (1789), and Émile Blanchard (1819).

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