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Ewald Hering

1834 - 1918

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Karl Ewald Konstantin Hering (5 August 1834 – 26 January 1918) was a German physiologist who did much research in color vision, binocular perception, eye movements, and hyperacuity. He proposed opponent color theory in 1892. Born in Alt-Gersdorf, Kingdom of Saxony, Hering studied at the University of Leipzig and became the first rector of the German Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ewald Hering is the 416th most popular physician (down from 352nd in 2019), the 3,061st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,703rd in 2019) and the 68th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ewald Hering ranks 416 out of 726. Before him are Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol, Walter Jackson Freeman II, Aemilia Hilaria, Justinus Kerner, Kiyoshi Shiga, and Lorna Wing. After him are Wilhelm Griesinger, William Bates, Max Heindel, Adolf Kussmaul, Michael Maier, and Nicolae Paulescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Ewald Hering ranks 49. Before him are Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Kamehameha IV, Adolf Lüderitz, Adrien Proust, Adolph Frank, and Serafino Vannutelli. After him are Paul Friedrich August Ascherson, Princess Marie of Baden, Peter Benoit, Petter Adolf Karsten, Julius Reubke, and Hugo Schiff. Among people deceased in 1918, Ewald Hering ranks 102. Before him are Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, Wilfred Owen, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Édouard Chavannes, George Tupou II, and Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia. After him are Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, Charlie Soong, Anna Demidova, Arthur Cravan, Trifko Grabež, and Charles Wolf.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ewald Hering ranks 3,063 out of 7,253. Before him are Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884), Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1870), Heinrich Schrader (1767), Justinus Kerner (1786), Ferdinand Reich (1799), and Manfred Winkelhock (1951). After him are Christoph von Dohnányi (1929), Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1800), Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843), Wolfgang Preiss (1910), Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826), and Wilhelm Griesinger (1817).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Ewald Hering ranks 68. Before him are Willi Graf (1918), Paul Hermann (1646), Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793), Karl Friedrich Burdach (1776), Adolph Kolping (1813), and Justinus Kerner (1786). After him are Wilhelm Griesinger (1817), Adolf Kussmaul (1822), Michael Maier (1568), Wilhelm Kühne (1837), Theodor Meynert (1833), and Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819).

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