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August von Wassermann

1866 - 1925

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August Paul von Wassermann (21 February 1866 – 16 March 1925) was a German bacteriologist and hygienist. Born in Bamberg, with Jewish origins, he studied at several universities throughout Germany, receiving his medical doctorate in 1888 from the University of Strassburg. In 1890 he began work under Robert Koch at the Institute for Infectious Diseases in Berlin. In 1906 he became director of the division for experimental therapy and serum research at the institute, followed by a directorship of the department of experimental therapy at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft for the Advancement of Science in Berlin-Dahlem (1913). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August von Wassermann is the 178th most popular physician (up from 183rd in 2019), the 1,178th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,256th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Physician.

August von Wassermann was a German bacteriologist who discovered the Wassermann reaction, a diagnostic test for syphilis.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, August von Wassermann ranks 178 out of 726. Before him are Merit-Ptah, Oswald Avery, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Bernardo Houssay, Friedrich Miescher, and Robert Knox. After him are Engelbert Kaempfer, Michael Stuart Brown, Joseph Calasanz, David H. Hubel, Nicolaes Tulp, and Adolf Eugen Fick.

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Among people born in 1866, August von Wassermann ranks 30. Before him are Lizzie Magie, Léon Bakst, Butch Cassidy, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, and Mahboob Ali Khan. After him are Emilio De Bono, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Leopold Mandić, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Enrique Simonet, and Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1925, August von Wassermann ranks 43. Before him are Christian Michelsen, Lovis Corinth, Pierre Louÿs, Max Linder, Eugen Sandow, and Fritz Haarmann. After him are Moritz Moszkowski, Antti Aarne, Boris Savinkov, Clément Ader, Michel Verne, and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August von Wassermann ranks 1,178 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Frießner (1892), Levin August von Bennigsen (1745), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227), Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1658), and Henry Suso (1295). After him are Johann Kuhnau (1660), Prince George William of Hanover (1915), Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (1752), Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835), Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670), and John, Elector of Saxony (1468).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, August von Wassermann ranks 22. Before him are Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935), Theodor Billroth (1829), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Herta Oberheuser (1911), and Albert of Riga (1165). After him are Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Ludwig Guttmann (1899), Horst Schumann (1906), Werner Haase (1900), and Franciscus Sylvius (1614).

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