BIOLOGIST

Étienne Pierre Ventenat

1757 - 1808

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Étienne Pierre Ventenat (1 March 1757 – 13 August 1808) was a French botanist born in Limoges. He was the brother of naturalist Louis Ventenat (1765–1794). While employed as director of the ecclesiastic library Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, Ventenat took a trip to England. Here he investigated the country's botanical gardens, inspiring him to pursue a vocation in sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Pierre Ventenat is the 620th most popular biologist (up from 806th in 2019), the 3,703rd most popular biography from France (up from 4,620th in 2019) and the 91st most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Étienne Pierre Ventenat ranks 620 out of 1,097. Before him are Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Imre Frivaldszky, Charles Walter De Vis, Patrick Manson, Emil Racoviță, and Albrecht Wilhelm Roth. After him are Euclides da Cunha, Alfred Grandidier, Ray Lankester, Aldo Leopold, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, and Volcher Coiter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Étienne Pierre Ventenat ranks 32. Before him are Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Countess Friederike von Schlieben, Vladimir Borovikovsky, Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, and Albrecht Wilhelm Roth. After him are Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Alessandro Rolla, Pál Kitaibel, Wojciech Bogusławski, Thomas Telford, and James Sowerby. Among people deceased in 1808, Étienne Pierre Ventenat ranks 18. Before him are Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Paul Wranitzky, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Gaétan Vestris, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, and Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel. After him are José Celestino Mutis, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, Alexander Dalrymple, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Giuseppe Piermarini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Pierre Ventenat ranks 3,703 out of 6,770. Before him are Alphonse Legros (1837), Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620), André Patry (1902), Émile Fisseux (1868), Julien Dupré (1851), and François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588). After him are Philippe Alliot (1954), Lowell Weicker (1931), Robert Cambert (1628), Tony Robert-Fleury (1837), Philippe de Villiers (1949), and François Buzot (1760).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Étienne Pierre Ventenat ranks 91. Before him are Antoine Risso (1777), Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813), Jules Émile Planchon (1823), Adrien René Franchet (1834), Émile Duclaux (1840), and Émile Oustalet (1844). After him are Alfred Grandidier (1836), Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1723), Charles Frédéric Girard (1822), Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778), Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715), and Auguste Duméril (1812).

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