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Gerard van Swieten

1700 - 1772

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Gerard van Swieten (7 May 1700 – 18 June 1772) was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical university education. He was the father of Gottfried van Swieten, patron of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard van Swieten is the 326th most popular physician (down from 294th in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 338th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Gerard van Swieten ranks 326 out of 726. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Denys, Tomáš Špidlík, Titus Brandsma, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Vincenz Priessnitz, and Leon Pinsker. After him are Shinya Yamanaka, Sigmund Rascher, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Thomas Sydenham, Bronisława Dłuska, and Carlos Finlay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Gerard van Swieten ranks 16. Before him are Johann Christoph Gottsched, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Ewald Georg von Kleist, Jean-Antoine Nollet, Clemens August of Bavaria, and Luigi Vanvitelli. After him are Joannicius III of Constantinople, Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Picander, and Stanisław Konarski. Among people deceased in 1772, Gerard van Swieten ranks 9. Before him are Johann Friedrich Struensee, Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Louis-Claude Daquin, Ernst Johann von Biron, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and Gottfried Achenwall. After him are Princess Mary of Great Britain, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, John Canton, Charles Pinot Duclos, and Augustin Ehrensvärd.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerard van Swieten ranks 342 out of 1,646. Before him are Gerrit Berckheyde (1638), Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856), Titus Brandsma (1881), Joanna of Bavaria (1356), Antonia Brico (1902), and Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862). After him are Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743), Hercules Seghers (1589), Rie Mastenbroek (1919), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), and Faas Wilkes (1923).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Gerard van Swieten ranks 12. Before him are Johann Weyer (1515), Wim Eijk (1953), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Herman Snellen (1834), Franciscus Donders (1818), and Titus Brandsma (1881). After him are Aletta Jacobs (1854), Petrus Camper (1722), Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), Willem Piso (1611), Willem Johan Kolff (1911), and Joep Lange (1954).

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