BIOLOGIST

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

1852 - 1934

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Spanish: [sanˈtjaɣo raˈmon i kaˈxal]; 1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specializing in neuroanatomy, and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906. Ramón y Cajal was the first Spaniard to win a scientific Nobel Prize. His original investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain made him a pioneer of modern neuroscience. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Santiago Ramón y Cajal is the 47th most popular biologist (down from 31st in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Spain (down from 108th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Biologist.

Santiago Ramón y Cajal is most famous for his work on neurons. He was the first person to show that the neuron is the basic unit of the nervous system.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Santiago Ramón y Cajal ranks 47 out of 1,097. Before him are Christian de Duve, Karl von Frisch, Ada Yonath, Richard Henderson, Peter Simon Pallas, and Harald zur Hausen. After him are Nikolaas Tinbergen, Tomas Lindahl, Irwin Rose, Charles Richet, Lazzaro Spallanzani, and André Michel Lwoff.

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Among people born in 1852, Santiago Ramón y Cajal ranks 14. Before him are Henri Moissan, Charles Taze Russell, Gojong of Korea, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Francisco Tárrega, and Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant. After him are Joseph Joffre, Augusta, Lady Gregory, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Alice Liddell, and Constantin Fehrenbach. Among people deceased in 1934, Santiago Ramón y Cajal ranks 14. Before him are Raymond Poincaré, Albert I of Belgium, Nestor Makhno, Kurt von Schleicher, Sergey Kirov, and Engelbert Dollfuss. After him are Gregor Strasser, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, John Dillinger, John Collier, Gustav Holst, and Tōgō Heihachirō.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Santiago Ramón y Cajal ranks 114 out of 3,355. Before him are Ramón Mercader (1913), Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528), Francisco de Orellana (1511), Vincent of Saragossa (300), Pelagius of Asturias (685), and Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913). After him are Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470), Vincent Ferrer (1350), Juan Ponce de León (1460), and Javier Solana (1942).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Spain

Among biologists born in Spain, Santiago Ramón y Cajal ranks 1. After him are Ibn al-Baitar (1197), Antonio José Cavanilles (1745), Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778), Francisco J. Ayala (1934), José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), Hipólito Ruiz López (1754), Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati (1166), and Ángel Cabrera (1879).

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