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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 260,032 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Carl Wernicke is the 138th most popular physician (down from 130th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 183rd 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 138 out of 726. Before him are George Emil Palade, Herta Oberheuser, Peter Damian, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Sushruta, and Ibn Zuhr. After him are Albrecht von Haller, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Theodor Billroth, Joseph Erlanger, Baruj Benacerraf, and Harvey J. Alter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Carl Wernicke ranks 21. Before him are Wyatt Earp, Wilhelm Windelband, Viktor Vasnetsov, Aleksey Kuropatkin, Stepan Makarov, and William II of Württemberg. After him are Katsura Tarō, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, Milena Vukotić, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Victor Noir, and Johann Palisa. Among people deceased in 1905, Carl Wernicke ranks 13. Before him are Per Teodor Cleve, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Louise Michel, Adolph Menzel, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders. After him are Albert Edelfelt, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Élisée Reclus, Walther Flemming, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, and Alois Riegl.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Carl Wernicke ranks 193 out of 1,694. Before him are Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Ernst Kummer (1810), Bolesław II the Generous (1041), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Otto Kretschmer (1912), and Hans Lammers (1879). After him are Georg Forster (1754), Reinhard Selten (1930), Mieszko II Lambert (990), Alice Miller (1923), Otto von Below (1857), and Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788).

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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), Emil von Behring (1854), Paul Ehrlich (1854), and Albert Sabin (1906). After him are Alexander Bogdanov (1873), Magnus Hirschfeld (1868), Leon Pinsker (1821), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), Jan Jesenius (1566), and Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855).

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