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Paul Gachet

1828 - 1909

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Paul-Ferdinand Gachet (30 July 1828 – 9 January 1909) was a French physician most famous for treating the painter Vincent van Gogh during his last weeks in Auvers-sur-Oise. Gachet was a great supporter of artists and the Impressionist movement. He was an amateur painter, signing his works "Paul van Ryssel", referring to his birthplace: Rijsel is the Dutch name of Lille. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Gachet is the 231st most popular physician (down from 195th in 2019), the 1,687th most popular biography from France (down from 1,509th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Physician.

Paul Gachet was a French physician and painter who was a close friend of Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh was often treated by Gachet for mental illness and physical conditions. Van Gogh died in 1890, and Gachet died in 1909.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Paul Gachet ranks 231 out of 726. Before him are Robin Cook, Maurice Bucaille, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Frederik Ruysch, Soranus of Ephesus, and Ernst-Günther Schenck. After him are Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, Tasuku Honjo, Dominique Jean Larrey, Emil du Bois-Reymond, and Asclepiades of Bithynia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Paul Gachet ranks 19. Before him are Ferdinand Cohn, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Albert of Saxony, Louise of the Netherlands, John Langdon Down, and Joseph Swan. After him are Edmond François Valentin About, Alexander Butlerov, Friedrich Albert Lange, Charles de Freycinet, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, and Iosif Gurko. Among people deceased in 1909, Paul Gachet ranks 23. Before him are Emil Erlenmeyer, Carlos, Duke of Madrid, Felice Beato, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Arnold Janssen, and Red Cloud. After him are Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Oliver Otis Howard, Simon Newcomb, Princess Marie of Orléans, Ludwig Gumplowicz, and Algernon Charles Swinburne.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Gachet ranks 1,687 out of 6,770. Before him are Roger Lemerre (1941), Gersonides (1288), Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777), Everard des Barres (1113), and Elliott Erwitt (1928). After him are Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563), Caesarius of Arles (470), Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), Pierre Puget (1620), William of Champeaux (1070), and Louis Poinsot (1777).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Paul Gachet ranks 23. Before 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). After him are Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), Albert Calmette (1863), Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), François Magendie (1783), and Bernard Kouchner (1939).

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