PHYSICIAN

Emil Kraepelin

1856 - 1926

Photo of Emil Kraepelin

Icon of person Emil Kraepelin

Emil Wilhelm Georg Magnus Kraepelin (; German: [ˈeːmiːl 'kʁɛːpəliːn]; 15 February 1856 – 7 October 1926) was a German psychiatrist. H. J. Eysenck's Encyclopedia of Psychology identifies him as the founder of modern scientific psychiatry, psychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics. Kraepelin believed the chief origin of psychiatric disease to be biological and genetic malfunction. His theories dominated psychiatry at the start of the 20th century and, despite the later psychodynamic influence of Sigmund Freud and his disciples, enjoyed a revival at century's end. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Kraepelin is the 56th most popular physician (down from 42nd in 2019), the 374th most popular biography from Germany (down from 352nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Physician.

Emil Kraepelin is most famous for his work in psychiatry and his contributions to the classification of mental disorders. He was one of the first psychiatrists to distinguish between dementia praecox (schizophrenia) and manic-depressive insanity (bipolar disorder).

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Emil Kraepelin by language

Loading...

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Emil Kraepelin ranks 56 out of 726. Before him are Ronald Ross, Alexis Carrel, Emil von Behring, Joseph Murray, Peter C. Doherty, and Gabor Maté. After him are Emil Theodor Kocher, Charles Nicolle, Thutmose IV, Philippe Pinel, Samuel Hahnemann, and Gerhard Domagk.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Emil Kraepelin ranks 12. Before him are Woodrow Wilson, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Louis Sullivan, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, and Napoléon, Prince Imperial. After him are Georgi Plekhanov, Robert Peary, Ivan Franko, Émile Picard, Robert Nivelle, and Henry Morgenthau Sr.. Among people deceased in 1926, Emil Kraepelin ranks 15. Before him are Felix Dzerzhinsky, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Camillo Golgi, Sunjong of Korea, Mary Cassatt, and Symon Petliura. After him are Kim Hyong-jik, Gertrude Bell, Rudolph Valentino, Aleksei Brusilov, Louise of Sweden, and Nikola Pašić.

Others Born in 1856

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1926

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Emil Kraepelin ranks 374 out of 7,253. Before him are Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Thomas Müntzer (1489), Hermann Müller (1876), Adolf Dassler (1900), Sophie Scholl (1921), and Wilhelm Grimm (1786). After him are Peter Simon Pallas (1741), Franz Halder (1884), George Paget Thomson (1892), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Pope Victor II (1018), and Regiomontanus (1436).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Emil Kraepelin ranks 7. Before him are Josef Mengele (1911), Robert Koch (1843), Georgius Agricola (1494), Alois Alzheimer (1864), Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), and Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884). After him are Samuel Hahnemann (1755), Gerhard Domagk (1895), Otto Loewi (1873), Theodor Morell (1886), Werner Forssmann (1904), and Johannes Peter Müller (1801).

German born Physicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous