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Wilhelm Ludwig Johannsen

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Danish botanist (1857-1927)

ScientistsLived 1857 to 1927 · aged 70
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Wilhelm Johannsen was a Danish pharmacist, botanist, plant physiologist, and geneticist. He is best known for coining the terms gene, phenotype and genotype, and for his 1903 "pure line" experiments in genetics.

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1927Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog
1918Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog
Honorary doctor of the University of Groningen
honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg
honorary doctorate of Lund University
honorary doctorate of the University of Copenhagen

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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1857 to 1927 · aged 70
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