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Paracelsus

1493 - 1541

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Paracelsus (; German: [paʁaˈtsɛlzʊs]; c. 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. He was a pioneer in several aspects of the "medical revolution" of the Renaissance, emphasizing the value of observation in combination with received wisdom. He is credited as the "father of toxicology". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paracelsus is the 3rd most popular physician, the 5th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Paracelsus ranks 3 out of 726. Before her are Hippocrates, and Galen. After her are Josef Mengele, Robert Koch, Florence Nightingale, Basil of Caesarea, L. L. Zamenhof, Joseph Lister, Edward Jenner, Anthony Fauci, and Albert Schweitzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1493, Paracelsus ranks 1. After her are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Maximilian Sforza, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Anne de Montmorency, Sten Sture the Younger, Tansen, Olaus Petri, Clarice de' Medici, Nicolaus Olahus, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, and George I, Duke of Pomerania. Among people deceased in 1541, Paracelsus ranks 1. After her are Francisco Pizarro, Margaret Tudor, Pedro de Alvarado, Johann Georg Faust, Gazi Husrev-beg, Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Jean Clouet, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Francysk Skaryna, Bernard van Orley, and Andreas Karlstadt.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Paracelsus ranks 5 out of 1,015. Before her are Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712), Leonhard Euler (1707), Le Corbusier (1887), and Carl Jung (1875). After her are Henry Dunant (1828), Jean Piaget (1896), Ferdinand de Saussure (1857), Jacob Bernoulli (1654), Huldrych Zwingli (1484), Sepp Blatter (1936), and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Switzerland

Among physicians born in Switzerland, Paracelsus ranks 1. After her are Emil Theodor Kocher (1841), Franz Mesmer (1734), Eugen Bleuler (1857), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), Alexandre Yersin (1863), Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944), Albrecht von Haller (1708), Friedrich Miescher (1844), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), and Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867).

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