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Ernst von Bergmann

1836 - 1907

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Ernst Gustav Benjamin von Bergmann (16 December 1836 – 25 March 1907) was a Baltic German surgeon. He was the first physician to introduce heat sterilisation of surgical instruments and is known as a pioneer of aseptic surgery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst von Bergmann is the 511th most popular physician (down from 457th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 95th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ernst von Bergmann ranks 511 out of 726. Before him are Madeleine Pelletier, Ibn Butlan, Fritz Klein, Carlo Urbani, Ruth Pfau, and Kadambini Ganguly. After him are Caspar Peucer, Thomas Francis Wade, Jean Cruveilhier, Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Frederic Lewy, and Franz Josef Ruprecht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Ernst von Bergmann ranks 62. Before him are John Atkinson Grimshaw, Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, Walery Antoni Wróblewski, Camillo Boito, Harry Rosenbusch, and Alfred Grandidier. After him are W. S. Gilbert, Robert Swinhoe, Bret Harte, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, John W. Foster, and Émile Étienne Guimet. Among people deceased in 1907, Ernst von Bergmann ranks 71. Before him are Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Jakob Hurt, Luis Sáenz Peña, Maurice Loewy, Charles Dancla, and Lucile Grahn. After him are Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Edward Routh, Ottomar Anschütz, Moritz Steinschneider, William Howard Russell, and Bernhard Hammer.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Ernst von Bergmann ranks 112 out of 323. Before him are Jacob W. Davis (1831), Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics (1887), Arvīds Pelše (1899), Balys Dvarionas (1904), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), and Lya Mara (1897). After him are Andris Bērziņš (1951), Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802), Heinz Christian Pander (1794), Elīna Garanča (1976), Johann Gerhard König (1728), and Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Latvia

Among physicians born in Latvia, Ernst von Bergmann ranks 2. Before him are Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829).

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