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Marie-Louise Lachapelle

1769 - 1821

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Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1 January 1769 – 4 October 1821) was a French midwife, head of obstetrics at the Hôtel-Dieu, the oldest hospital in Paris. She published textbooks about women's bodies, gynecology, and obstetrics. She argued against forceps deliveries and wrote Pratique des accouchements, long a standard obstetric text, which promoted natural deliveries. Lachapelle is generally regarded as the mother of modern obstetrics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie-Louise Lachapelle is the 11,693rd most popular politician (up from 16,187th in 2019), the 3,401st most popular biography from France (up from 4,966th in 2019) and the 751st most popular French Politician.

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Among politicians, Marie-Louise Lachapelle ranks 11,693 out of 19,576. Before her are Ahmed Chalabi, Ulric Manfred II of Turin, Eudamidas III, Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy, Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia, and Vladislaus II of Opole. After her are Anna of Moscow, Carl Swartz, Samuel Schmid, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Manfred Weber, and Ebbe Schwartz.

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Among people born in 1769, Marie-Louise Lachapelle ranks 28. Before her are Lotf Ali Khan, Nannette Streicher, Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha, Edward Daniel Clarke, and Marc Isambard Brunel. After her are François Séverin Marceau, Ignacio Allende, Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Garlieb Merkel, and Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1821, Marie-Louise Lachapelle ranks 21. Before her are Johann Peter Frank, Constance Mayer, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Athanasios Diakos, Pōmare II, and Marie-Denise Villers. After her are Juan O'Donojú, José Miguel Carrera, Anders Jahan Retzius, Félix de Azara, Fulgencio Yegros, and Martín Miguel de Güemes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie-Louise Lachapelle ranks 3,401 out of 6,770. Before her are Marc Isambard Brunel (1769), Zacharie Astruc (1833), Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725), Peter II, Duke of Brittany (1418), Jacques Dupont (1928), and Albert Ayat (1875). After her are Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan (1814), Armand Salacrou (1899), Pierre Gaveaux (1761), Guillaume Delisle (1675), Joseph Paul Gaimard (1793), and Jamel Debbouze (1975).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Marie-Louise Lachapelle ranks 751. Before her are Joseph de Villèle (1773), Ernest Monis (1846), Casimir Pierre Périer (1777), Hermano da Silva Ramos (1925), Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine (1714), and Margaret of Foix (1453). After her are Roland Dumas (1922), René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou (1714), François de La Rocque (1885), Jean de Roquetaillade (1310), Jean Tiberi (1935), and Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys (1805).

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