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Dominique Jean Larrey

1766 - 1842

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Dominique Jean, Baron Larrey (8 July 1766 – 25 July 1842) was a French surgeon and soldier best known for his service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. An important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, Larrey invented the flying ambulance and is sometimes considered the first modern military surgeon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dominique Jean Larrey is the 235th most popular physician (down from 176th in 2019), the 1,714th most popular biography from France (down from 1,375th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Physician.

Dominique Jean Larrey is most famous for his work as a military surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars. He was known for his innovative and quick methods of treating wounds.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Dominique Jean Larrey ranks 235 out of 726. Before him are Soranus of Ephesus, Ernst-Günther Schenck, Paul Gachet, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, and Tasuku Honjo. After him are Emil du Bois-Reymond, Asclepiades of Bithynia, Mungo Park, Paul of Aegina, Robert Atkins, and Vladimir Dal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Dominique Jean Larrey ranks 15. Before him are Franz Xaver Süssmayr, William Hyde Wollaston, Johanna Schopenhauer, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Maine de Biran, and Rodolphe Kreutzer. After him are Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, John Farey Sr., Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, François-Xavier Fabre, Slimane of Morocco, and Charles Macintosh. Among people deceased in 1842, Dominique Jean Larrey ranks 15. Before him are Robert Smith, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Shah Shujah Durrani, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Peter Fendi, and José de Espronceda. After him are Pierre Cambronne, Charles Bell, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Francisco Morazán, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, and Pierre Joseph Pelletier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Dominique Jean Larrey ranks 1,714 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Bédier (1864), Marcel Renault (1872), Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740), Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489), Anna de Noailles (1876), and Arnaud Amalric (1160). After him are Nicolas Sanson (1600), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723), Raymond of Burgundy (1070), and Jules Dupré (1811).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Dominique Jean Larrey ranks 24. Before him are Duchenne de Boulogne (1806), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Marcel Petiot (1897), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Maurice Bucaille (1920), and Paul Gachet (1828). After him are Albert Calmette (1863), Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), François Magendie (1783), Bernard Kouchner (1939), and Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853).

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