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Franz Joseph Gall

1758 - 1828

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Franz Joseph Gall or Franz Josef Gall (German: [gal]; 9 March 1758 – 22 August 1828) was a German neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain. Claimed as the founder of the pseudoscience of phrenology, Gall was an early and important researcher in his fields. His contributions to the field of neuropsychology were controversial at the time and are now widely referred to as pseudoscience. However, Gall's study of phrenology helped establish psychology, contributed to the emergence of the naturalistic approach to the study of man, and played an important part in the development of evolutionist theories, anthropology, and sociology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Joseph Gall is the 151st most popular physician (down from 120th in 2019), the 868th most popular biography from Germany (down from 778th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Physician.

Franz Joseph Gall was a physician and physiologist who is most famous for his theory of phrenology, which he developed in 1796.

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Among physicians, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 151 out of 726. Before him are Ferid Murad, Charles Best, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Ibn Zuhr, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, and Theodor Billroth. After him are Erasistratus, George Emil Palade, Albrecht von Haller, Howard Florey, Marie François Xavier Bichat, and Gerhard Armauer Hansen.

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Among people born in 1758, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 11. Before him are James Monroe, André Masséna, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor Go-Momozono, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, and Kamehameha I. After him are Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, John Armstrong Jr., Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Osman Pazvantoğlu, Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. Among people deceased in 1828, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 11. Before him are James Edward Smith, Carl Peter Thunberg, Victor of Aveyron, Maria Feodorovna, Kobayashi Issa, and Alexander Ypsilantis. After him are William Hyde Wollaston, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Radama I, and Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 868 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), Jack Steinberger (1921), Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), Theodor Billroth (1829), Emmy Göring (1893), and Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622). After him are Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), Max Liebermann (1847), Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751), Wilhelm Windelband (1848), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), and Sophie of Württemberg (1818).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 19. Before him are Johannes Peter Müller (1801), Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), Johann Joachim Becher (1635), Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935), and Theodor Billroth (1829). After him are Herta Oberheuser (1911), Albert of Riga (1165), August von Wassermann (1866), Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), and Ludwig Guttmann (1899).

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