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René Laennec

1781 - 1826

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René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (French: [laɛnɛk]; 17 February 1781 – 13 August 1826) was a French physician and musician. His skill at carving his own wooden flutes led him to invent the stethoscope in 1816, while working at the Hôpital Necker. He pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions. He became a lecturer at the Collège de France in 1822 and professor of medicine in 1823. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Laennec is the 66th most popular physician (down from 54th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from France (up from 552nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Physician.

René Laennec is most famous for inventing the stethoscope.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, René Laennec ranks 66 out of 726. Before him are Philippe Pinel, Samuel Hahnemann, Gerhard Domagk, Jean-Martin Charcot, Francesco Redi, and António Egas Moniz. After him are Franz Mesmer, Robert Bellarmine, André Frédéric Cournand, Otto Loewi, Hilary of Poitiers, and William P. Murphy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, René Laennec ranks 7. Before him are George Stephenson, Eugène de Beauharnais, Bernard Bolzano, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Siméon Denis Poisson, and Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France. After him are Adelbert von Chamisso, David Brewster, Stamford Raffles, William I of Württemberg, Achim von Arnim, and Anton Diabelli. Among people deceased in 1826, René Laennec ranks 8. Before him are John Adams, Carl Maria von Weber, Giuseppe Piazzi, Joseph von Fraunhofer, John VI of Portugal, and Philippe Pinel. After him are Joseph Proust, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Stamford Raffles, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, and Nikolay Karamzin.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Laennec ranks 515 out of 6,770. Before him are Étienne de La Boétie (1530), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Carus (230), Christine Lagarde (1956), Frédéric Bazille (1841), and Camille Desmoulins (1760). After him are Gregory of Tours (538), Edgard Varèse (1883), Georges Bataille (1897), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), Joseph Black (1728), and Théodore Rousseau (1812).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, René Laennec ranks 9. Before him are Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738), Claude Bernard (1813), Alexis Carrel (1873), Charles Nicolle (1866), Philippe Pinel (1745), and Jean-Martin Charcot (1825). After him are André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Hilary of Poitiers (315), Ambroise Paré (1510), Karl Brandt (1904), Jean Nicot (1530), and Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805).

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