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Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser

1855 - 1916

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Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (22 January 1855, Schweidnitz – 30 July 1916, Breslau) was a German physician who discovered the causative agent (pathogen) of gonorrhea, a strain of bacteria that was named in his honour (Neisseria gonorrhoeae). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser has received more than 59,921 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser is the 320th most popular physician (up from 357th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from Poland (up from 577th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Polish Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser ranks 320 out of 726. Before him are Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, Antoine Louis, Masawaiyh, Friedrich von Berchtold, Lorna Wing, and Friedrich Hoffmann. After him are Ferdinand Sauerbruch, William Cullen, Dorothea Erxleben, Howard Florey, James Curtis Hepburn, and Willi Graf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser ranks 39. Before him are Eduard Meyer, Edwin Hall, Alexandros Zaimis, Louis de Beaufront, Pavlos Kountouriotis, and Joseph Hellmesberger Jr.. After him are King C. Gillette, Eugène Boch, Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Giovanni Pascoli, and Albert F. Mummery. Among people deceased in 1916, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser ranks 73. Before him are Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Saki, Huang Xing, Ferdinand Fellner, and Patrick Pearse. After him are Karl von Stürgkh, Fergus Suter, Hetty Green, Higaonna Kanryō, Cai E, and Princess Augusta of Cambridge.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser ranks 527 out of 1,694. Before him are Gustav Flatow (1875), Bronisław Huberman (1882), Nikita Ivanovich Panin (1718), George Adamski (1891), Stefan Żeromski (1864), and Helmut Lent (1918). After him are John Albert Vasa (1612), Wanda Wasilewska (1905), Bolesław II the Horned (1217), Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (1846), Klaus Roth (1925), and Moses Isserles (1520).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Poland

Among physicians born in Poland, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser ranks 12. Before him are Carl Wernicke (1848), Alexander Bogdanov (1873), Magnus Hirschfeld (1868), Leon Pinsker (1821), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), and Jan Jesenius (1566). After him are Hilary Koprowski (1916), Robert Remak (1815), Wilhelm Fliess (1858), Ludwik Rajchman (1881), Kazimierz Bein (1872), and Max Gerson (1881).

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