BIOLOGIST

Fritz Schaudinn

1871 - 1906

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Fritz Richard Schaudinn (19 September 1871 – 22 June 1906) was a German zoologist. Born in Röseningken (now in Ozyorsky District) in the Province of Prussia, he co-discovered, with Erich Hoffmann in 1905, the causative agent of syphilis, Spirochaeta pallida (also known as Treponema pallidum). The work was carried out at the Berlin Charité. Among Schaudinn's other contributions to medicine include his work in the field of amoebic dysentery, sleeping sickness and his confirmation of the work of Sir Ronald Ross and Giovanni Battista Grassi (1854–1925) in the field of malaria research. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Schaudinn is the 611th most popular biologist (down from 607th in 2019), the 1,280th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,513th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Fritz Schaudinn ranks 611 out of 1,097. Before him are Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Jules Émile Planchon, Adrien René Franchet, Émile Duclaux, Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper, and Pieter Willem Korthals. After him are Franz Steindachner, Émile Oustalet, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Imre Frivaldszky, Charles Walter De Vis, and Patrick Manson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Fritz Schaudinn ranks 104. Before him are Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Alwin Berger, Gino Fano, Arthur Wynne, Daniel Alomía Robles, and Doppo Kunikida. After him are José Enrique Rodó, Lottie Dod, Dénes Berinkey, Emily Carr, Kōtoku Shūsui, and Fyodor Dan. Among people deceased in 1906, Fritz Schaudinn ranks 56. Before him are Todor Burmov, Carl Schurz, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, Suzanne Manet, Ferdinand Brunetière, and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia. After him are Stevan Sremac, Johann Dzierzon, Slava Raškaj, Manuel Quintana, Spencer Gore, and Ernst Josephson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Fritz Schaudinn ranks 1,280 out of 3,761. Before him are Olga Bergholz (1910), Evald Ilyenkov (1924), Boris Delaunay (1890), Aleksandr Demyanenko (1937), Yuli Daniel (1925), and Ivan Pyryev (1901). After him are Georgy Grechko (1931), Igor Rodionov (1936), Jacob Theodor Klein (1685), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (1962), Viktor Grishin (1914), and Vladimir Basov (1923).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Russia

Among biologists born in Russia, Fritz Schaudinn ranks 17. Before him are Edwin Klebs (1834), Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur (1799), Vladimir Demikhov (1916), Dmitry Belyayev (1917), Franz Meyen (1804), and Kliment Timiryazev (1843). After him are Victor Motschulsky (1810), Johann Friedrich Adam (1780), Alexei Fedchenko (1844), David Keilin (1887), Nikolay Drozdov (1937), and Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov (1869).

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