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Albert Calmette

1863 - 1933

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Léon Charles Albert Calmette ForMemRS (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ ʃaʁl albɛʁ kalmɛt]; 12 July 1863 – 29 October 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. He co-discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. He also developed the first antivenom for snake venom, the Calmette's serum. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Calmette is the 242nd most popular physician (down from 198th in 2019), the 1,759th most popular biography from France (down from 1,534th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Physician.

Albert Calmette is most famous for inventing the rabies vaccine.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Albert Calmette ranks 242 out of 726. Before him are Emil du Bois-Reymond, Asclepiades of Bithynia, Mungo Park, Paul of Aegina, Robert Atkins, and Vladimir Dal. After him are Rembert Dodoens, Francysk Skaryna, Li Shizhen, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Johann Weyer, and John O'Keefe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Albert Calmette ranks 45. Before him are John Charles Fields, Franz von Hipper, Émile Friant, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Charles Spearman, and Henry Royce. After him are Ludwig Borchardt, Andrés Bonifacio, Hermann Bahr, Mary Jane Kelly, S. Ansky, and Manuel Gomes da Costa. Among people deceased in 1933, Albert Calmette ranks 34. Before him are Kenji Miyazawa, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Anna de Noailles, Carl Correns, Henry Royce, and Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria. After him are Francesc Macià, Hans Vaihinger, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, Friedrich Zander, Raymond Roussel, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.

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In France

Among people born in France, Albert Calmette ranks 1,759 out of 6,770. Before him are Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), Lambert Wilson (1958), Jacques Dutronc (1943), Henri, Count of Paris (1908), Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830), and Alphonse Allais (1854). After him are Maurice Sarrail (1856), Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), Louis-François de Boufflers (1644), Maurice Trintignant (1917), Maurice Duruflé (1902), and Marie-Christine Barrault (1944).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Albert Calmette ranks 25. Before him are Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Marcel Petiot (1897), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Maurice Bucaille (1920), Paul Gachet (1828), and Dominique Jean Larrey (1766). After him are Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), François Magendie (1783), Bernard Kouchner (1939), Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853), and Guillaume Dupuytren (1777).

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