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Ivan Sechenov

1829 - 1905

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Ivan Mikhaylovich Sechenov (Russian: Ива́н Миха́йлович Се́ченов; 13 August [O.S. 1 August] 1829 – 15 November [O.S. 2 November] 1905) is a world-renowned medical scientist, physiologist, psychologist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and founder of Russian physiology and psychology, he is a pioneer in the field of central nervous system inhibition in the world and is known as the "Father of Russian Physiology." Ivan Pavlov, the famous Russian neurologist and physiologist, referred to Sechenov as the "Father of Russian physiology and scientific psychology". Today Sechenov is more known for his contributions to medical physiology and neurology, in addition to his psychological work. Sechenov is also considered one of the originators of objective psychology, through his attempts to introduce objective experimental methods to the wider field of Russian psychology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Sechenov is the 123rd most popular engineer (down from 95th in 2019), the 769th most popular biography from Russia (down from 627th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Russian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Ivan Sechenov ranks 123 out of 389. Before him are Erik Dahlbergh, Henry Darcy, Borys Paton, Alexander Cunningham, Valdemar Poulsen, and Yevgeny Dragunov. After him are Rory Byrne, Guenther Steiner, Nikolai Polikarpov, Alexander Lippisch, Henryk Dembiński, and W. Ross Ashby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Ivan Sechenov ranks 25. Before him are John of Kronstadt, Prince William of Baden, Radama II, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Tự Đức, and Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov. After him are Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Maurice Joly, Robert Nobel, and Franz Reuleaux. Among people deceased in 1905, Ivan Sechenov ranks 35. Before him are Marcel Schwob, Lew Wallace, Hudson Taylor, George MacDonald, Pedro Américo, and Meyer Guggenheim. After him are Henrik Sjöberg, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Clément Juglar, Josip Belušić, José-Maria de Heredia, and George Williams.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ivan Sechenov ranks 769 out of 3,761. Before him are Erich von Drygalski (1865), Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Ivan Susanin (1501), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), Arkady Gaidar (1904), and Nikolai Voznesensky (1903). After him are Nina Berberova (1901), Vasily Tropinin (1776), Anna Kournikova (1981), Rudolf Lipschitz (1832), Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1827), and Ludmila Savelyeva (1942).

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Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Ivan Sechenov ranks 16. Before him are Vasily Degtyaryov (1880), Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906), Fedor Tokarev (1871), Mikhail Mil (1909), Sergei Khrushchev (1935), and Yevgeny Dragunov (1920). After him are Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), Georgy Shpagin (1897), Vitaly Abalakov (1906), Mikhail Yangel (1911), Alexei Tupolev (1925), and Gotthilf Hagen (1797).

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