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Johannes Fibiger

1867 - 1928

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Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger (23 April 1867 – 30 January 1928) was a Danish physician and professor of anatomical pathology at the University of Copenhagen. He was the recipient of the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma". He claimed to have shown that the roundworm which he called Spiroptera carcinoma (but is correctly named Gongylonema neoplasticum) could cause stomach cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) in rats and mice. His experimental results were later proven to be a case of mistaken conclusion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Fibiger is the 75th most popular physician (down from 63rd in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 60th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Physician.

Johannes Fibiger is most famous for his theory that stomach cancer is caused by the parasite, Schistosoma haematobium.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Johannes Fibiger ranks 75 out of 726. Before him are André Frédéric Cournand, Otto Loewi, Hilary of Poitiers, William P. Murphy, Christiaan Barnard, and Ambroise Paré. After him are Selman Waksman, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Jens Christian Skou, August Krogh, Eugen Bleuler, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Johannes Fibiger ranks 16. Before him are Louise, Princess Royal, Pierre Bonnard, Arturo Toscanini, John Galsworthy, Käthe Kollwitz, and Emil Nolde. After him are Arnold Bennett, Natsume Sōseki, Władysław Reymont, Maxime Weygand, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1928, Johannes Fibiger ranks 11. Before him are Maria Feodorovna, Leoš Janáček, Max Scheler, Édouard-Henri Avril, Emmeline Pankhurst, and Theodore William Richards. After him are Franz Stuck, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Pyotr Wrangel, Alexander Bogdanov, Luigi Cadorna, and Stjepan Radić.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Johannes Fibiger ranks 59 out of 1,032. Before him are Henrik Dam (1895), Frederick II of Denmark (1534), Nicolas Steno (1638), Asta Nielsen (1881), Frederick I of Denmark (1471), and Haakon III of Norway (1182). After him are Lars von Trier (1956), Jens Christian Skou (1918), August Krogh (1874), Frederick IV of Denmark (1671), Jørn Utzon (1918), and S. P. L. Sørensen (1868).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Denmark

Among physicians born in Denmark, Johannes Fibiger ranks 1. After him are Jens Christian Skou (1918), August Krogh (1874), Carl Værnet (1893), Carl Lange (1834), Christian Bohr (1855), Emil Aarestrup (1800), Max Heindel (1865), and Halfdan T. Mahler (1923).

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