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Karl Friedrich Burdach

1776 - 1847

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Karl Friedrich Burdach (12 June 1776 – 16 July 1847) was a German physiologist. He was the first to use the word "biology" and was a pioneer of neuroanatomy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Friedrich Burdach is the 397th most popular physician (down from 383rd in 2019), the 2,943rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,966th in 2019) and the 65th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Karl Friedrich Burdach ranks 397 out of 726. Before him are Robert Liston, Paul Hermann, Emil Aarestrup, Johann Lukas Schönlein, Kusumoto Ine, and Hélène Sparrow. After him are Ibn Abi Usaibia, Scribonius Largus, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Anders Chydenius, Adolph Kolping, and Antoine Louis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Karl Friedrich Burdach ranks 28. Before him are Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Friedrich Stromeyer, Jean Lafitte, Joseph Görres, Vasily Golovnin, and Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus. After him are Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel, François Marie Daudin, Lady Hester Stanhope, Bernardino Drovetti, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, and Ignaz von Seyfried. Among people deceased in 1847, Karl Friedrich Burdach ranks 24. Before him are Charles Hatchett, Alexandre Deschapelles, Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil, Ioannis Kolettis, Josef Jungmann, and Robert Liston. After him are Marie Antoinette Murat, Friedrich von Gärtner, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen, William Smith, Thiệu Trị, and Daniel O'Connell.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Friedrich Burdach ranks 2,945 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793), Sebastian Koch (1962), Marie of Baden-Sponheim (1507), Stefan Effenberg (1968), Ferdinand David (1810), and Franz Pforr (1788). After him are Hermann Hankel (1839), Otto Rühle (1874), Erich Ribbeck (1937), Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1462), Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897), and Alexander Kluge (1932).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Karl Friedrich Burdach ranks 65. Before him are Johann Kremer (1883), Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (1776), Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875), Willi Graf (1918), Paul Hermann (1646), and Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793). After him are Adolph Kolping (1813), Justinus Kerner (1786), Ewald Hering (1834), Wilhelm Griesinger (1817), Adolf Kussmaul (1822), and Michael Maier (1568).

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