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François Magendie

1783 - 1855

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François Magendie (6 October 1783 – 7 October 1855) was a French physiologist, considered a pioneer of experimental physiology. He is known for describing the foramen of Magendie. There is also a Magendie sign, a downward and inward rotation of the eye due to a lesion in the cerebellum. Magendie was a faculty at the College of France, holding the Chair of Medicine from 1830 to 1855 (he was succeeded by Claude Bernard, who worked previously as his assistant). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Magendie is the 264th most popular physician (down from 249th in 2019), the 1,934th most popular biography from France (up from 1,953rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, François Magendie ranks 264 out of 726. Before him are Gavriil Ilizarov, Wim Eijk, May-Britt Moser, Karl Adolph von Basedow, Cicely Saunders, and Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol. After him are Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Clarke Abel, Bernard Kouchner, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, and Henry Gray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, François Magendie ranks 17. Before him are Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Hugh Glass, Catharina of Württemberg, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and William Sturgeon. After him are Roustam Raza, Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Georgios Sinas. Among people deceased in 1855, François Magendie ranks 21. Before him are François Rude, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Jacques Charles François Sturm, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, and Salomon Mayer von Rothschild. After him are Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Diponegoro, Antonio Rosmini, Louis-Mathieu Molé, John Canfield Spencer, and Mariano Arista.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Magendie ranks 1,934 out of 6,770. Before him are Billy Mitchell (1879), Marcabru (1200), André Vingt-Trois (1942), Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779), Marcel Achard (1899), and Henri Delaunay (1883). After him are Thoinot Arbeau (1520), Le Pétomane (1857), Pierre Werner (1913), Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823), Charlotte of Albret (1480), and Heinz Harmel (1906).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, François Magendie ranks 28. Before him are Maurice Bucaille (1920), Paul Gachet (1828), Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), Albert Calmette (1863), Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), and Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772). After him are Bernard Kouchner (1939), Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853), Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), Pierre Fauchard (1679), Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), and Edmond Locard (1877).

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