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Theodor Billroth

1829 - 1894

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Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (26 April 1829 – 6 February 1894) was a German surgeon and amateur musician. As a surgeon, he is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. As a musician, he was a close friend and confidant of Johannes Brahms, a leading patron of the Viennese musical scene, and one of the first to attempt a scientific analysis of musicality. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Billroth is the 150th most popular physician (down from 141st in 2019), the 865th most popular biography from Germany (up from 924th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Physician.

Theodor Billroth was a German surgeon who is most famous for his contributions to gastric surgery.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Theodor Billroth ranks 150 out of 726. Before him are Jang-geum, Ferid Murad, Charles Best, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Ibn Zuhr, and Rolf M. Zinkernagel. After him are Franz Joseph Gall, Erasistratus, George Emil Palade, Albrecht von Haller, Howard Florey, and Marie François Xavier Bichat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Theodor Billroth ranks 11. Before him are Anton Rubinstein, Levi Strauss, Chester A. Arthur, Asaph Hall, John Everett Millais, and Philip Sclater. After him are Alfred Brehm, N. R. Pogson, Adolf Eugen Fick, Anselm Feuerbach, Elizabeth Siddal, and Ranavalona II. Among people deceased in 1894, Theodor Billroth ranks 16. Before him are Anton Rubinstein, Gustave Caillebotte, Hans von Bülow, Marie François Sadi Carnot, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, and John Sparrow David Thompson. After him are Leconte de Lisle, Emmanuel Chabrier, Nadezhda von Meck, Hassan I of Morocco, Austen Henry Layard, and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Billroth ranks 865 out of 7,253. Before him are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925), Max Beckmann (1884), Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (1206), Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), Jack Steinberger (1921), and Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748). After him are Emmy Göring (1893), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), Max Liebermann (1847), and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Theodor Billroth ranks 18. Before him are Werner Forssmann (1904), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), Johann Joachim Becher (1635), Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), and Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935). After him are Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Herta Oberheuser (1911), Albert of Riga (1165), August von Wassermann (1866), Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), and Adolf Eugen Fick (1829).

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