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Richard Wilhelm

1873 - 1930

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Richard Wilhelm (10 May 1873 – 2 March 1930) was a German sinologist, theologian and missionary. He lived in China for 25 years, became fluent in spoken and written Chinese, and grew to love and admire the Chinese people. He is best remembered for his translations of philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into other major languages of the world, including English. His translation of the I Ching is still regarded as one of the finest, as is his translation of The Secret of the Golden Flower; both were provided with introductions by the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, who was a personal friend. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Wilhelm is the 339th most popular physician (up from 390th in 2019), the 2,467th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,023rd in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Richard Wilhelm ranks 339 out of 726. Before him are Aletta Jacobs, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Dorothea Erxleben, Fernando J. Corbató, Louis de Jaucourt, and Victor Babeș. After him are Prospero Alpini, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Friedrich Hoffmann, Horace Wells, Masawaiyh, and Podalirius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Richard Wilhelm ranks 77. Before him are Sidney Reilly, Jukums Vācietis, Alexey Shchusev, Joseph Paul-Boncour, Rudolf Rocker, and Hasan Prishtina. After him are Sante Geronimo Caserio, Kyōka Izumi, Auguste Chevalier, Carl Flesch, Georges Theunis, and Iuliu Maniu. Among people deceased in 1930, Richard Wilhelm ranks 51. Before him are John Russell, José Carlos Mariátegui, Paul Émile Appell, Eduard Meyer, Constantine VI of Constantinople, and Anna Lea Merritt. After him are Riccardo Drigo, Eric Lemming, Isidor Gunsberg, Emil Krebs, Oskar Nedbal, and Viggo Jensen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard Wilhelm ranks 2,468 out of 7,253. Before him are Christiane Vulpius (1765), Wilhelm, Duke of Urach (1810), Jurij Brězan (1916), Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar (1740), Fritz Klingenberg (1912), and Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (1072). After him are Anacharsis Cloots (1755), Helmut Hasse (1898), Regina Jonas (1902), Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (1817), Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach (1662), and Christa Schroeder (1908).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Richard Wilhelm ranks 50. Before him are Hans Berger (1873), Ernst Gräfenberg (1881), Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723), Sigmund Rascher (1909), Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744), and Dorothea Erxleben (1715). After him are Friedrich Hoffmann (1660), Karl Genzken (1885), Johann von Staupitz (1465), Claus Schilling (1871), Gustav Hartlaub (1814), and Johann Christian Reil (1759).

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