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Albrecht von Haller

1708 - 1777

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Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 1708 – 12 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albrecht von Haller is the 154th most popular physician (down from 139th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 97th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swiss Physician.

Albrecht von Haller is most famous for his work on the structure of the human heart.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Albrecht von Haller ranks 154 out of 726. Before him are Ibn Zuhr, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Theodor Billroth, Franz Joseph Gall, Erasistratus, and George Emil Palade. After him are Howard Florey, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Georgios Papanikolaou, Jonas Salk, and Herta Oberheuser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1708, Albrecht von Haller ranks 4. Before him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, and Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia. After him are Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Pompeo Batoni, 7th Dalai Lama, Safdar Jang, Antiochus Kantemir, Egidio Duni, Georg Dionysius Ehret, and Olof von Dalin. Among people deceased in 1777, Albrecht von Haller ranks 4. Before him are Johann Heinrich Lambert, Joseph I of Portugal, and Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria. After him are Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Charles de Brosses, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Johann Andreas Segner, Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, Charles-Joseph Natoire, and William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Albrecht von Haller ranks 92 out of 1,015. Before him are Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944), Gaspard Bauhin (1560), Ernest Bloch (1880), Alfred Cortot (1877), Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815), and Nicholas of Flüe (1417). After him are Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Jean Tinguely (1925), Jost Bürgi (1552), Charles Gleyre (1806), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), and Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Switzerland

Among physicians born in Switzerland, Albrecht von Haller ranks 9. Before him are Franz Mesmer (1734), Eugen Bleuler (1857), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), Alexandre Yersin (1863), and Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944). After him are Friedrich Miescher (1844), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867), Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777), Wilhelm His Sr. (1831), and Thomas Erastus (1524).

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