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Carl Lange

1834 - 1900

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Carl Georg Lange (4 December 1834 – 29 May 1900) was a Danish physician who made contributions to the fields of neurology, psychiatry, and psychology. Born to a wealthy family in Vordingborg, Denmark, Lange attended medical school at the University of Copenhagen and graduated in 1859 with a reputation for brilliance. After publishing on the neurological pathologies of aphasia, bulbar palsy, tabes dorsalis, and pathologies of the spinal cord, he achieved world fame with his 1885 work "On Emotions: A Psycho-Physiological Study". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Lange has received more than 12,698 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Lange is the 486th most popular physician (down from 395th in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 295th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Danish Physician.

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  • 1.77

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Carl Lange ranks 486 out of 726. Before him are Ruth Pfau, Max Gerson, Nicolás Monardes, Rutherford Alcock, Wim Eijk, and Karin Büttner-Janz. After him are Kyusaku Ogino, William Turner, Willem Johan Kolff, Guy Patin, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, and Zofia Zamenhof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Carl Lange ranks 59. Before him are Grigoriy Myasoyedov, Edwin Klebs, Peter Benoit, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, Georg Hermann Quincke, and John Gilbert Baker. After him are Hermann Usener, Todor Burmov, Joachim III of Constantinople, Julius Reubke, Lyuben Karavelov, and John Wesley Powell. Among people deceased in 1900, Carl Lange ranks 66. Before him are Dmitry Grigorovich, Alexandre Falguière, Leonardo Murialdo, Gustav Hartlaub, Antoine Vollon, and Wilhelm Kühne. After him are Karl Doppler, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Gustaf Åkerhielm, and James Edward Keeler.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Carl Lange ranks 382 out of 1,032. Before him are Christian August Lorentzen (1749), Gøsta Esping-Andersen (1947), Hans Ørberg (1920), Svend Asmussen (1916), Bodil Joensen (1944), and Viggo Kampmann (1910). After him are Ari Behn (1972), Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778), Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (1973), Trine Dyrholm (1972), and William Wain Prior (1876).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Denmark

Among physicians born in Denmark, Carl Lange ranks 8. Before him are August Krogh (1874), Jens Christian Skou (1918), Christian Bohr (1855), Carl Værnet (1893), Max Heindel (1865), and Emil Aarestrup (1800). After him are Halfdan T. Mahler (1923).

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