BIOLOGIST

Nikolay Pirogov

1810 - 1881

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Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (Russian: Николай Иванович Пирогов; 25 November [O.S. 13 November] 1810 – 5 December [O.S. 23 November] 1881) was a Russian scientist, medical doctor, pedagogue, public figure, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847), one of the most widely recognized Russian physicians. Considered to be the founder of field surgery, he was the first surgeon to use anaesthesia in a field operation (1847) and one of the first surgeons in Europe to use ether as an anaesthetic. He is credited with the invention of various kinds of surgical operations and developing his own technique of using plaster casts to treat fractured bones. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolay Pirogov is the 212th most popular biologist (down from 109th in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 321st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Biologist.

Nikolay Pirogov is most famous for his work in the area of anatomy. Pirogov is credited with the discovery of the ileocecal valve, the spleen, and the lymphatic system.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Nikolay Pirogov ranks 212 out of 1,097. Before him are Hans Driesch, George Wald, William Carey, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Olaus Rudbeck, and Gregory Goodwin Pincus. After him are Stephan Endlicher, Johann Matthäus Bechstein, J. Michael Bishop, Mikhail Tsvet, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, and Oldfield Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Nikolay Pirogov ranks 23. Before him are Henri Victor Regnault, Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Karl Richard Lepsius, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, and Princess Pauline of Württemberg. After him are Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Francesco Maria Piave, Constant Troyon, Ferenc Erkel, and Jules Perrot. Among people deceased in 1881, Nikolay Pirogov ranks 18. Before him are Henri Vieuxtemps, Auguste Mariette, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Nikolai Rubinstein, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, and Empress Dowager Ci'an. After him are Theobald Boehm, Hermann Lotze, George W. De Long, Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, Eduard Heine, and Maria Domenica Mazzarello.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolay Pirogov ranks 432 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergei Taneyev (1856), Naum Gabo (1890), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Eduard Khil (1934), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), and Dmitry of Uglich (1582). After him are Ivan Ilyin (1883), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), Valentin Serov (1865), Fyodor Ushakov (1745), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), and Dmitry Pavlov (1897).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Russia

Among biologists born in Russia, Nikolay Pirogov ranks 7. Before him are Ivan Pavlov (1849), Alexander Oparin (1894), Nikolai Vavilov (1887), Vladimir Vernadsky (1863), Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (1855), and Dmitri Ivanovsky (1864). After him are Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (1870), Alexander von Middendorff (1815), Nikolai Severtzov (1827), Edwin Klebs (1834), Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur (1799), and Vladimir Demikhov (1916).

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