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Carl von Rokitansky

1804 - 1878

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Baron Carl von Rokitansky (German: Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Czech: Karel Rokytanský; 19 February 1804 – 23 July 1878) was an Austrian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician, founder of the Viennese School of Medicine of the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl von Rokitansky has received more than 97,417 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl von Rokitansky is the 220th most popular physician (down from 214th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 167th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Physician.

Carl von Rokitansky was a German surgeon who is most famous for being the first to describe the Rokitansky syndrome, which is a condition in which the female reproductive organs are underdeveloped.

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Over the past year Carl von Rokitansky has had the most page views in the with 12,347 views, followed by German (5,575), and Spanish (3,065). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (118.52%), Catalan (64.99%), and Persian (62.31%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Carl von Rokitansky ranks 220 out of 726. Before him are Fritz Klein, Soranus of Ephesus, Thomas Bartholin, Franciscus Sylvius, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, and Hans Rosling. After him are Karl Adolph von Basedow, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Paul of Aegina, Barry Marshall, Bernard Kouchner, and Patch Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Carl von Rokitansky ranks 22. Before him are Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Eugène Sue, John Deere, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, and Johan Ludvig Runeberg. After him are Eduard Mörike, Ludwig von Benedek, Stephan Endlicher, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Paul Gavarni, and Moritz von Schwind. Among people deceased in 1878, Carl von Rokitansky ranks 25. Before him are Henri Victor Regnault, Mariam Baouardy, Mercedes of Orléans, Carlo Blasis, Władysław Tarnowski, and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. After him are Robert Stirling, Roberto de Visiani, Mindon Min, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Maurice Joly, and Đura Jakšić.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Carl von Rokitansky ranks 183 out of 1,200. Before him are Josef Koudelka (1938), Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760), Blanche of Valois (1316), Ottokar Czernin (1872), Catherine of Bohemia (1342), and Jan Patočka (1907). After him are Libuše Šafránková (1953), Tomáš Baťa (1876), Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary (1335), Guido Adler (1855), Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800), and Antonín Puč (1907).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Czechia

Among physicians born in Czechia, Carl von Rokitansky ranks 2. Before him are Eduard Bloch (1872). After him are Joseph Škoda (1805), Vincenz Priessnitz (1799), Friedrich von Berchtold (1781), Tomáš Špidlík (1919), Arnold Pick (1851), Julius Vincenz von Krombholz (1782), Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra (1816), Jan Janský (1873), Emil Holub (1847), and Gisela Januszewska (1867).

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