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Richard von Krafft-Ebing

1840 - 1902

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Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (full name Richard Fridolin Joseph Freiherr Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, genannt von Ebing; 14 August 1840 – 22 December 1902) was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work Psychopathia Sexualis (1886). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard von Krafft-Ebing is the 140th most popular physician (down from 121st in 2019), the 806th most popular biography from Germany (down from 780th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Physician.

Richard von Krafft-Ebing is most famous for his publication of Psychopathia Sexualis, a book that classified various sexual behaviors as either normal or abnormal.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Richard von Krafft-Ebing ranks 140 out of 726. Before him are Hans Asperger, George Whipple, Baruj Benacerraf, Francis Peyton Rous, Trota of Salerno, and Johann Joachim Becher. After him are Dickinson W. Richards, George H. Hitchings, William Kaelin Jr., Jang-geum, Ferid Murad, and Charles Best.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Richard von Krafft-Ebing ranks 19. Before him are Carl Menger, Hiram Maxim, Father Damien, John Boyd Dunlop, August Bebel, and Crazy Horse. After him are Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, George Smith, Hans Makart, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Giovanni Verga, and Johan Svendsen. Among people deceased in 1902, Richard von Krafft-Ebing ranks 9. Before him are Swami Vivekananda, Rudolf Virchow, Samuel Butler, Levi Strauss, Maria Goretti, and Marie Henriette of Austria. After him are Albert of Saxony, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Ion Ivanovici, Ernst Schröder, Victor D'Hondt, and James Tissot.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard von Krafft-Ebing ranks 806 out of 7,253. Before him are Jürgen Prochnow (1941), Johann Joachim Becher (1635), Georg Ernst Stahl (1659), Wilhelm Cuno (1876), Princess Louise of Prussia (1838), and David Strauss (1808). After him are Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), James Last (1929), Rudolf Otto (1869), Georg Jellinek (1851), Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Richard von Krafft-Ebing ranks 16. Before him are Otto Loewi (1873), Theodor Morell (1886), Werner Forssmann (1904), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), and Johann Joachim Becher (1635). After him are Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935), Theodor Billroth (1829), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Herta Oberheuser (1911), Albert of Riga (1165), and August von Wassermann (1866).

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