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Jean-Martin Charcot

1825 - 1893

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Jean-Martin Charcot (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁtɛ̃ ʃaʁko]; 29 November 1825 – 16 August 1893) was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He worked on groundbreaking work about hypnosis and hysteria, in particular with his hysteria patient Louise Augustine Gleizes. Charcot is known as "the founder of modern neurology", and his name has been associated with at least 15 medical eponyms, including various conditions sometimes referred to as Charcot diseases. Charcot has been referred to as "the father of French neurology and one of the world's pioneers of neurology". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Martin Charcot is the 63rd most popular physician (down from 32nd in 2019), the 498th most popular biography from France (down from 383rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Physician.

Jean-Martin Charcot was a French neurologist who was most famous for his research on hysteria.

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Among physicians, Jean-Martin Charcot ranks 63 out of 726. Before him are Emil Theodor Kocher, Charles Nicolle, Thutmose IV, Philippe Pinel, Samuel Hahnemann, and Gerhard Domagk. After him are Francesco Redi, António Egas Moniz, René Laennec, Franz Mesmer, Robert Bellarmine, and André Frédéric Cournand.

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Among people born in 1825, Jean-Martin Charcot ranks 6. Before him are Johann Strauss II, Pedro II of Brazil, Thomas Henry Huxley, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and Ferdinand Lassalle. After him are Johann Jakob Balmer, Julia, Princess of Battenberg, Charles Garnier, Charles Frederick Worth, Paul Kruger, and Henry Walter Bates. Among people deceased in 1893, Jean-Martin Charcot ranks 7. Before him are Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Guy de Maupassant, Charles Gounod, Josef Stefan, Patrice de MacMahon, and Rutherford B. Hayes. After him are Jan Matejko, Hippolyte Taine, Alexander of Battenberg, Baron Alexander von Bach, Ernst Kummer, and Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Martin Charcot ranks 498 out of 6,770. Before him are Childebert I (497), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), Robert Delaunay (1885), Philippe Pinel (1745), Françoise Hardy (1944), and Alfred Binet (1857). After him are Robert Campin (1375), Philippe Noiret (1930), Aimery of Cyprus (1172), Roger I of Sicily (1031), Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), and Louise Élisabeth of France (1727).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Jean-Martin Charcot ranks 8. Before him are Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845), Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738), Claude Bernard (1813), Alexis Carrel (1873), Charles Nicolle (1866), and Philippe Pinel (1745). After him are René Laennec (1781), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Hilary of Poitiers (315), Ambroise Paré (1510), Karl Brandt (1904), and Jean Nicot (1530).

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