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Johann Christian Reil

1759 - 1813

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Johann Christian Reil (20 February 1759 – 22 November 1813) was a German physician, physiologist, anatomist, and psychiatrist. He coined the term psychiatry – Psychiatrie in German – in 1808. Reil was one of five children, and was the son of a Lutheran pastor in Northwest Germany. He married Johanna Wilhelmine Leveaux in October, 1788. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Christian Reil is the 371st most popular physician (down from 313th in 2019), the 2,766th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,388th in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Johann Christian Reil ranks 371 out of 726. Before him are Priscilla Chan, Gustav Hartlaub, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Jean Pierre Flourens, Ron Wyatt, and Philip Showalter Hench. After him are Jack Kevorkian, Johann Peter Frank, Christian Bohr, Paul Janssen, Paul Julius Möbius, and Charles Estienne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Johann Christian Reil ranks 24. Before him are Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Jacques Cathelineau, Dean Mahomed, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, and François Devienne. After him are Matsudaira Sadanobu, Franz Krommer, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Ferenc Kazinczy, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, and William Playfair. Among people deceased in 1813, Johann Christian Reil ranks 26. Before him are Anton Graff, Rose Bertin, Giambattista Bodoni, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Anton Bernolák, and Géraud Duroc. After him are Alexander Wilson, Robert Kerr, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Theodor Körner, and Jacques Delille.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Christian Reil ranks 2,767 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann von Fehling (1812), Marcel Ophüls (1927), Lothar Emmerich (1941), Johanna Budwig (1908), Matthias Claudius (1740), and Otto Baum (1911). After him are Jawed Karim (1979), Axel Rudi Pell (1960), Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519), Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602), Jürgen Ehlers (1929), and Peter Schreier (1935).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Johann Christian Reil ranks 56. Before him are Richard Wilhelm (1873), Friedrich Hoffmann (1660), Karl Genzken (1885), Johann von Staupitz (1465), Claus Schilling (1871), and Gustav Hartlaub (1814). After him are Johann Peter Frank (1745), Paul Julius Möbius (1853), Johann Kremer (1883), Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (1776), Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875), and Willi Graf (1918).

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