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Pierre Paul Émile Roux

1853 - 1933

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Pierre Paul Émile Roux FRS (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ pɔl emil ʁu]; 17 December 1853 – 3 November 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist. Roux was one of the closest collaborators of Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), a co-founder of the Pasteur Institute, and responsible for the institute's production of the anti-diphtheria serum, the first effective therapy for this disease. Additionally, he investigated cholera, chicken-cholera, rabies, and tuberculosis. Roux is regarded as a founder of the field of immunology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Paul Émile Roux is the 269th most popular physician (up from 293rd in 2019), the 1,971st most popular biography from France (up from 2,337th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Pierre Paul Émile Roux ranks 269 out of 726. Before him are Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, François Magendie, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Clarke Abel, Bernard Kouchner, and Friedrich Kasimir Medikus. After him are Henry Gray, Hieronymus Fabricius, Thomas Addison, John Harvey Kellogg, Johann Conrad Dippel, and 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Pierre Paul Émile Roux ranks 34. Before him are Francesco Filippini, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Flinders Petrie, Antonio Salandra, Vladimir Korolenko, and Vladimir Shukhov. After him are André Messager, Roberto Ferruzzi, Sophia Perovskaya, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, and Ian Hamilton. Among people deceased in 1933, Pierre Paul Émile Roux ranks 37. Before him are Carl Correns, Henry Royce, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Albert Calmette, Francesc Macià, and Hans Vaihinger. After him are Friedrich Zander, Raymond Roussel, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Sen Katayama, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Henri Duparc.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Paul Émile Roux ranks 1,971 out of 6,770. Before him are Odilo of Cluny (961), Colette of Corbie (1381), Pierre Soulages (1919), Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (945), Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1491), and Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721). After him are Louise de Coligny (1555), André Charles Boulle (1642), Raoul Salan (1899), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Louis Camille Maillard (1878), and Fredegund (545).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Pierre Paul Émile Roux ranks 30. Before 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). After him are Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), Pierre Fauchard (1679), Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), Edmond Locard (1877), Édouard Séguin (1812), and Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643).

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