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Carl Wernicke

1848 - 1905

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Carl (or Karl) Wernicke (; German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɪkə]; 15 May 1848 – 15 June 1905) was a German physician, anatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist. He is known for his influential research into the pathological effects of specific forms of encephalopathy and also the study of receptive aphasia, both of which are commonly associated with Wernicke's name and referred to as Wernicke encephalopathy and Wernicke's aphasia, respectively. His research, along with that of Paul Broca, led to groundbreaking realizations of the localization of brain function, specifically in speech. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Wernicke has received more than 248,517 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Carl Wernicke is the 130th most popular physician (up from 132nd in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Poland (up from 184th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Polish Physician.

Carl Wernicke was a German neurologist who is most famous for his discovery of a connection between the left temporal lobe and speech production.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Carl Wernicke ranks 130 out of 502. Before him are Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Johannes Peter Müller, Niels Kaj Jerne, Santorio Santorio, Albrecht von Haller, and Joseph Murray. After him are Francysk Skaryna, Frederick Griffith, Charles Brenton Huggins, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Jens Christian Skou, and Marie François Xavier Bichat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Carl Wernicke ranks 22. Before him are Johann Palisa, Viktor Vasnetsov, Wilhelm Windelband, Wyatt Earp, Aleksey Kuropatkin, and Stepan Makarov. After him are William II of Württemberg, Milena Vukotić, Katsura Tarō, Carlos, Duke of Madrid, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, and Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1905, Carl Wernicke ranks 11. Before him are Ferdinand von Richthofen, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Adolph Menzel, and Louise Michel. After him are Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Élisée Reclus, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Walther Flemming, Albert Edelfelt, and Josip Juraj Strossmayer.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Carl Wernicke ranks 183 out of 1,454. Before him are Robert Lewandowski (1988), Itzhak Stern (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Ignacy Mościcki (1867), B. Traven (1882), and Mordechai Anielewicz (1919). After him are Mieszko II Lambert (990), Frederick I of Württemberg (1754), Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866), John I Albert (1459), Felix Hausdorff (1868), and William I of Württemberg (1781).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Poland

Among physicians born in Poland, Carl Wernicke ranks 6. Before him are L. L. Zamenhof (1859), Rudolf Virchow (1821), Paul Ehrlich (1854), Emil von Behring (1854), and Albert Sabin (1906). After him are Magnus Hirschfeld (1868), Alexander Bogdanov (1873), Jan Jesenius (1566), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), Gavriil Ilizarov (1921), and Hilary Koprowski (1916).

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