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Emil du Bois-Reymond

1818 - 1896

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Emil Heinrich du Bois-Reymond (7 November 1818 – 26 December 1896) was a German physiologist, the co-discoverer of nerve action potential, and the developer of experimental electrophysiology. His lectures on science and culture earned him great esteem during the latter half of the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil du Bois-Reymond is the 236th most popular physician (down from 205th in 2019), the 1,592nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,428th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Emil du Bois-Reymond ranks 236 out of 726. Before him are Ernst-Günther Schenck, Paul Gachet, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, Tasuku Honjo, and Dominique Jean Larrey. After him are Asclepiades of Bithynia, Mungo Park, Paul of Aegina, Robert Atkins, Vladimir Dal, and Albert Calmette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Emil du Bois-Reymond ranks 33. Before him are Thomas Mayne Reid, Amalia of Oldenburg, Frederick Douglass, Mary Todd Lincoln, Emperor Norton, and Francesco Crispi. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Richard Jordan Gatling, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, and Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1896, Emil du Bois-Reymond ranks 25. Before him are Richard Avenarius, Ambroise Thomas, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Prince Henry of Battenberg, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., and John Langdon Down. After him are Ichiyō Higuchi, Ante Starčević, Maurice de Hirsch, Heinrich von Treitschke, Ernst Engel, and Luigi Federico Menabrea.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Emil du Bois-Reymond ranks 1,592 out of 7,253. Before him are Michael Schenker (1955), Hans Scharoun (1893), Mary Wigman (1886), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), and Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1752). After him are Andreas Libavius (1555), Hans Schäfer (1927), Pascual Jordan (1902), Johann Arndt (1555), Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (1878), and Kurt Franz (1914).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Emil du Bois-Reymond ranks 35. Before him are Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796), Waldemar Hoven (1903), Carl Ludwig (1816), Sebastian Kneipp (1821), Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), and Ernst-Günther Schenck (1904). After him are Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766), Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799), Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735), Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1736), and Johann Conrad Dippel (1673).

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