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Justinus Kerner

1786 - 1862

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Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner (18 September 1786, in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – 21 February 1862, in Weinsberg, Baden-Württemberg) was a German poet, practicing physician, and medical writer. He gave the first detailed description of botulism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Justinus Kerner is the 413th most popular physician (down from 357th in 2019), the 3,058th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,763rd in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Justinus Kerner ranks 413 out of 726Before him are Adrien Proust, Garcia de Orta, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol, Walter Jackson Freeman II, and Aemilia Hilaria. After him are Kiyoshi Shiga, Lorna Wing, Ewald Hering, Wilhelm Griesinger, William Bates, and Max Heindel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Justinus Kerner ranks 35Before him are Nicolás Bravo, Winfield Scott, Marc Seguin, Joachim Lelewel, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, and Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol. After him are Agustina de Aragón, Albrecht Adam, Sergey Uvarov, Alexander Chavchavadze, José María Vargas, and Carl Friedrich von Ledebour. Among people deceased in 1862, Justinus Kerner ranks 33Before him are François Sudre, Ignacio Zaragoza, Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, and Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz. After him are Francisco Balagtas, Albrecht Adam, Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Albert Sidney Johnston, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, and Carlos Anaya.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Justinus Kerner ranks 3,060 out of 7,253Before him are Karl Wittgenstein (1847), Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927), Solomon Perel (1925), Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884), Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1870), and Heinrich Schrader (1767). After him are Ferdinand Reich (1799), Manfred Winkelhock (1951), Ewald Hering (1834), Christoph von Dohnányi (1929), Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1800), and Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843).

Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Justinus Kerner ranks 67Before him are Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875), Willi Graf (1918), Paul Hermann (1646), Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793), Karl Friedrich Burdach (1776), and Adolph Kolping (1813). After him are Ewald Hering (1834), Wilhelm Griesinger (1817), Adolf Kussmaul (1822), Michael Maier (1568), Wilhelm Kühne (1837), and Theodor Meynert (1833).