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Marie François Xavier Bichat

1771 - 1802

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Marie François Xavier Bichat (; French: [biʃa]; 14 November 1771 – 22 July 1802) was a French anatomist and pathologist, known as the father of modern histology. Although he worked without a microscope, Bichat distinguished 21 types of elementary tissues from which the organs of the human body are composed. He was also "the first to propose that tissue is a central element in human anatomy, and he considered organs as collections of often disparate tissues, rather than as entities in themselves". The buccal fat pad (also called Bichat’s fat pad) was named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie François Xavier Bichat is the 156th most popular physician (down from 140th in 2019), the 1,060th most popular biography from France (down from 1,056th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Physician.

Marie François Xavier Bichat is most famous for his work on the study of tissues. He was a French anatomist and physiologist who is best known for his work on the study of tissues.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 156 out of 726. Before him are Theodor Billroth, Franz Joseph Gall, Erasistratus, George Emil Palade, Albrecht von Haller, and Howard Florey. After him are Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Georgios Papanikolaou, Jonas Salk, Herta Oberheuser, Agnodice, and Jean Marc Gaspard Itard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 12. Before him are Richard Trevithick, Julie Clary, Antoine-Jean Gros, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Alois Senefelder, and Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg. After him are Jean-Andoche Junot, Laskarina Bouboulina, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Mungo Park, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, and Ferdinando Paer. Among people deceased in 1802, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 4. Before him are Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Erasmus Darwin, and Luisa of Naples and Sicily. After him are Clotilde of France, Martha Washington, Charles Leclerc, Ludovico Manin, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Alexander Radishchev, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Franz Aepinus.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 1,060 out of 6,770. Before him are Stéphane Audran (1932), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Jean Giraud (1938), Jean Moulin (1899), Maurice Druon (1918), and Charles III of Navarre (1361). After him are Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082), Peter Faber (1506), William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764), and Laurent Blanc (1965).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 16. Before him are André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Hilary of Poitiers (315), Ambroise Paré (1510), Karl Brandt (1904), Jean Nicot (1530), and Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805). After him are Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Duchenne de Boulogne (1806), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Marcel Petiot (1897), Guy de Chauliac (1300), and Maurice Bucaille (1920).

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