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Paul of Aegina

625 - 690

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Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (Greek: Παῦλος Αἰγινήτης; Aegina, c. 625 – c. 690) was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books. He is considered the “Father of Early Medical Writing”. For many years in the Byzantine Empire, his works contained the sum of all available medical knowledge and was unrivaled in its accuracy and completeness. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul of Aegina is the 239th most popular physician (down from 223rd in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Greece (down from 330th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Paul of Aegina ranks 239 out of 726. Before him are Hasdai ibn Shaprut, Tasuku Honjo, Dominique Jean Larrey, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Asclepiades of Bithynia, and Mungo Park. After him are Robert Atkins, Vladimir Dal, Albert Calmette, Rembert Dodoens, Francysk Skaryna, and Li Shizhen.

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Among people born in 625, Paul of Aegina ranks 1. After him are Aripert I, and Theodo of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 690, Paul of Aegina ranks 2. Before him is Batbayan. After him are Julian of Toledo, Benedict Biscop, Theodore of Tarsus, and Al-Bara' ibn Azib.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Paul of Aegina ranks 339 out of 1,024. Before him are Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (1965), Müezzinzade Ali Pasha (null), Aristides of Athens (150), Cratinus (-500), Gregory III of Constantinople (1450), and Hypereides (-390). After him are Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Terpander (-712), Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876), Peucestas (-390), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (-200), and Ali Rıza Efendi (1839).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Greece

Among physicians born in Greece, Paul of Aegina ranks 5. Before him are Hippocrates (-460), Erasistratus (-303), Georgios Papanikolaou (1883), and Agnodice (-400). After him are Podalirius (null), and Diocles of Carystus (-400).

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