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Antoine Louis

1723 - 1792

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Antoine Louis (French: [ɑ̃twan lwi]; 13 February 1723, Metz – 20 May 1792) was an 18th-century French surgeon and physiologist. He was originally trained in medicine by his father, a sergeant major at a local military hospital. As a young man he moved to Paris, where he served as gagnant-maîtrise at the Salpêtrière. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Louis has received more than 156,432 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Louis is the 315th most popular physician (down from 310th in 2019), the 2,538th most popular biography from France (down from 2,514th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Physician.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Antoine Louis ranks 315 out of 726. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Denys, Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, John Latham, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Johann Christian Reil, and Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat. After him are Masawaiyh, Friedrich von Berchtold, Lorna Wing, Friedrich Hoffmann, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, and Ferdinand Sauerbruch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Antoine Louis ranks 19. Before him are Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Mir Taqi Mir, Tobias Mayer, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Princess Mary of Great Britain. After him are Pehr Osbeck, William Blackstone, Marcus Elieser Bloch, William Chambers, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, and William Livingston. Among people deceased in 1792, Antoine Louis ranks 20. Before him are Robert Adam, Joseph Martin Kraus, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Legall de Kermeur, and Denis Fonvizin. After him are George Mason, Johann Andreas Stein, Maximilian Hell, Antonio Rosetti, Guillaume Le Gentil, and Yazid of Morocco.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Louis ranks 2,538 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765), Albert Girard (1595), Jean Lefebvre (1919), Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (1448), François-Xavier Fabre (1766), and Jean Daniélou (1905). After him are Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761), François Joseph Paul de Grasse (1722), Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802), Philippe Garrel (1948), Jacques Laffitte (1767), and Yves Allégret (1907).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Antoine Louis ranks 37. Before him are Edmond Locard (1877), Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853), Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), and Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788). After him are Louis de Jaucourt (1704), Ernest Duchesne (1874), Jean Pierre Flourens (1794), Pierre Fauchard (1679), Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard (1742), and Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755).

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