BIOLOGIST

Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle

1809 - 1885

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Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (German: [ˈhɛnlə]; 9 July 1809 – 13 May 1885) was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay, "On Miasma and Contagia," was an early argument for the germ theory of disease. He was an important figure in the development of modern medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle is the 335th most popular biologist (down from 261st in 2019), the 2,202nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,036th in 2019) and the 60th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle ranks 335 out of 1,097. Before him are Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Hermann Burmeister, Charles M. Rice, Patrick Geddes, Jérôme Lejeune, and Edward Blyth. After him are Otto Friedrich Müller, Brian Kobilka, Valerius Cordus, Phillip Allen Sharp, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, and George Robert Waterhouse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle ranks 27. Before him are Bettino Ricasoli, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Fredrik Pacius, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Juan Donoso Cortés, and Joseph Jenkins Roberts. After him are Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Hannibal Hamlin, Sebastián Iradier, Mariano José de Larra, Edward FitzGerald, and François Certain de Canrobert. Among people deceased in 1885, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle ranks 28. Before him are Moses Montefiore, Zuo Zongtang, Aga Khan II, Gustav Nachtigal, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, and Louis Riel. After him are Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Thomas A. Hendricks, George B. McClellan, Pierre Edmond Boissier, and Franz Abt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle ranks 2,203 out of 7,253. Before him are Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746), Artur Fischer (1919), Katia Mann (1883), Katarina Witt (1965), Hermann Scherchen (1891), and Karl Vogt (1817). After him are Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922), Heinz Brandt (1907), Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1745).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle ranks 60. Before him are Karl Gegenbaur (1826), Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787), Willi Hennig (1913), Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776), and Hermann Burmeister (1807). After him are Valerius Cordus (1515), Wilhelm Peters (1815), Friedrich Boie (1789), Moritz Wagner (1813), Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823), and Friedrich Loeffler (1852).

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