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Willi Hennig, a Common card
Emil Hans Willi Hennig was a German biologist and zoologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, otherwise known as cladistics.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,700
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Willi Hennig quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Willi Hennig card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As a ______, he specialised in dipterans.
Answer
taxonomist. As a taxonomist, he specialised in dipterans. From the Willi Hennig article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom. 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom 69 · Willi Hennig 66 · Critical geography 62 · Ernst Ziller 56 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 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.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Willi Hennig article was read about 5,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Willi Hennig
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Willi Hennig (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gerd Hennig, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
