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Sunao Tawara

1873 - 1952

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Sunao Tawara (田原 淳, Tawara Sunao; July 5, 1873 – January 19, 1952) was a Japanese pathologist known for the discovery of the atrioventricular node. Tawara was born in Ōita Prefecture and studied at the Medical School, Imperial University of Tokyo in Tokyo, graduating in 1901 and receiving his Doctorate of Medical Science in 1908. Between 1903 and 1906 he spent in Philipps University of Marburg in Marburg, studying pathology and pathological anatomy with Ludwig Aschoff. It was here he undertook his important works on pathology and anatomy of heart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sunao Tawara is the 569th most popular physician (down from 517th in 2019), the 1,230th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,114th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Sunao Tawara ranks 569 out of 726. Before him are María Teresa Ferrari, Ludwig Aschoff, Guy Patin, Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, and Adolf Meyer. After him are Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Napoleon Cybulski, Adam Zamenhof, Jeffrey Ullman, Arnold Pick, and Karin Büttner-Janz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Sunao Tawara ranks 143. Before him are Carlos María de la Torre, Francisco Villota, James Jones, Olav Bjaaland, Max Švabinský, and Jurgis Baltrušaitis. After him are Gombojab Tsybikov, Rosa Sensat, W. C. Handy, Ivan Shmelyov, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, and Ioannis Chrysafis. Among people deceased in 1952, Sunao Tawara ranks 130. Before him are Herman Sörgel, Hans von Rosen, James L. Peters, Ronald Rawson, Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, and Ernst Streeruwitz. After him are Juan Bautista Pérez, Elmo Lincoln, Harold Innis, Géza Kiss, Teffi, and Stafford Cripps.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sunao Tawara ranks 1,230 out of 6,245. Before him are Itō Noe (1895), Junko Ishida (1966), Miyoshi Umeki (1929), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), Hideo Nakata (1961), and Yōko Ogawa (1962). After him are Michiko Matsuda (1966), Juzo Itami (1933), Shinichi Kawano (1969), Damo Suzuki (1950), Chūhei Nambu (1904), and Koji Kondo (1961).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Japan

Among physicians born in Japan, Sunao Tawara ranks 12. Before him are Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Kiyoshi Shiga (1871), Shinobu Ishihara (1879), Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), and Kyusaku Ogino (1882). After him are Kei Okami (1859), and Yoshioka Yayoi (1871).

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