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Albrecht von Haller

1708 - 1777

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Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 1708 – 12 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albrecht von Haller has received more than 133,976 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Albrecht von Haller is the 139th most popular physician (down from 128th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 91st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swiss Physician.

Albrecht von Haller is most famous for his work on the structure of the human heart.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Albrecht von Haller ranks 139 out of 726. Before him are Herta Oberheuser, Peter Damian, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Sushruta, Ibn Zuhr, and Carl Wernicke. After him are Marie François Xavier Bichat, Theodor Billroth, Joseph Erlanger, Baruj Benacerraf, Harvey J. Alter, and E. Donnall Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1708, Albrecht von Haller ranks 3. Before him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia. After him are Pompeo Batoni, Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, 7th Dalai Lama, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Antiochus Kantemir, Egidio Duni, Olof von Dalin, Johann Adolf Scheibe, and Georg Dionysius Ehret. Among people deceased in 1777, Albrecht von Haller ranks 4. Before him are Joseph I of Portugal, Johann Heinrich Lambert, and Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria. After him are Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, Maxim Berezovsky, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Charles de Brosses, Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, Johann Andreas Segner, Charles-Joseph Natoire, and Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Albrecht von Haller ranks 96 out of 1,015. Before him are Gianni Infantino (1970), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), François Vatel (1631), Louis Agassiz (1807), Brother Roger (1915), and Anna Göldi (1734). After him are Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270), Louis, Duke of Savoy (1413), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), Germain Henri Hess (1802), Louis Chevrolet (1878), and Albert Anker (1831).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Switzerland

Among physicians born in Switzerland, Albrecht von Haller ranks 9. Before him are Eugen Bleuler (1857), Emil Theodor Kocher (1841), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), Alexandre Yersin (1863), and Friedrich Miescher (1844). After him are Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867), Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777), Adolf Meyer (1866), and Wilhelm His Sr. (1831).

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