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Michael Maier

1568 - 1622

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Michael Maier (Latin: Michael Maierus; 1568–1622) was a German physician and counsellor to Rudolf II Habsburg. He was a learned alchemist, epigramist, and amateur composer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Maier is the 421st most popular physician (down from 373rd in 2019), the 3,119th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,883rd in 2019) and the 71st most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Michael Maier ranks 421 out of 726Before him are Lorna Wing, Ewald Hering, Wilhelm Griesinger, William Bates, Max Heindel, and Adolf Kussmaul. After him are Nicolae Paulescu, Andrew Yao, Bernard de Jussieu, Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, Andrew Taylor Still, and Wilhelm Kühne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1568, Michael Maier ranks 18Before him are Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza, Anna Vasa of Sweden, Pieter Both, Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Sophie of Brandenburg, and Sō Yoshitoshi. After him are Leonora Dori, Juan Martínez Montañés, and Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. Among people deceased in 1622, Michael Maier ranks 17Before him are Bartolomeo Manfredi, Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland, Frans Pourbus the Younger, John Rolfe, Leandro Bassano, and Sophie of Brandenburg. After him are Alof de Wignacourt, Pedro Páez, Luarsab II of Kartli, Squanto, and Khusrau Mirza.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Maier ranks 3,121 out of 7,253Before him are Friedrich von Gärtner (1791), Johann Rosenmüller (1619), Günter Eich (1907), Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844), Albrecht Ritschl (1822), and Henryk Zygalski (1908). After him are Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1648), Lina Radke (1903), Bertha Krupp (1886), Willi Schulz (1938), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), and Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528).

Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Michael Maier ranks 71Before him are Karl Friedrich Burdach (1776), Adolph Kolping (1813), Justinus Kerner (1786), Ewald Hering (1834), Wilhelm Griesinger (1817), and Adolf Kussmaul (1822). After him are Wilhelm Kühne (1837), Theodor Meynert (1833), Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819), Ferdinand von Mueller (1825), Hans Münch (1911), and Friedrich von Esmarch (1823).