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Antoine Louis

1723 - 1792

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Antoine Louis (French: [ɑ̃twan lwi]) (13 February 1723 – 20 May 1792) was a French surgeon and physiologist. He was originally trained in medicine by his father, a sergeant major at a local military hospital. As a young man he moved to Paris, where he served as gagnant-maîtrise at the Salpêtrière. In 1750 he was appointed professor of physiology, a position he held for 40 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Louis is the 403rd most popular physician (down from 315th in 2019), the 3,038th most popular biography from France (down from 2,538th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular French Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Antoine Louis ranks 403 out of 726. Before him are Karl Friedrich Burdach, Ibn Abi Usaibia, Scribonius Largus, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Anders Chydenius, and Adolph Kolping. After him are Abella, José Gregorio Hernández, Jim Yong Kim, Adrien Proust, Garcia de Orta, and Olof Rudbeck the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Antoine Louis ranks 23. Before him are Marcus Elieser Bloch, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Pehr Osbeck, Mir Taqi Mir, William Blackstone, and Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are William Chambers, John Byron, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Peter Ascanius, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, and Richard Price. Among people deceased in 1792, Antoine Louis ranks 25. Before him are Jacques Cazotte, Nguyễn Huệ, Johann Andreas Stein, Legall de Kermeur, Maximilian Hell, and Antonio Rosetti. After him are John Smeaton, Yazid of Morocco, Adam Gottlob Moltke, Guillaume Le Gentil, John Burgoyne, and George Browne.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Louis ranks 3,038 out of 6,770. Before him are Didier Six (1954), Jean Domat (1625), François Hanriot (1761), Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1845), Michel Audiard (1920), and Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1874). After him are Joseph de Guignes (1721), Jack Lang (1939), Joanni Perronet (1877), Édouard Chavannes (1865), Louis, Duke of Vendôme (1612), and Jean-Louis Debré (1944).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Antoine Louis ranks 42. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), Louis de Jaucourt (1704), Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard (1742), Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788), Jean Pierre Flourens (1794), and Charles Estienne (1504). After him are Adrien Proust (1834), Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786), Aemilia Hilaria (300), Bernard de Jussieu (1699), Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755), and Ernest Duchesne (1874).

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