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Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard

1817 - 1894

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Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard FRS (8 April 1817 – 2 April 1894) was a Mauritian physiologist and neurologist who, in 1850, became the first to describe what is now called Brown-Séquard syndrome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard has received more than 147,171 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard is the 476th most popular physician (down from 419th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Mauritius (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Mauritian Physician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard ranks 476 out of 726. Before him are Wu Lien-teh, Grunya Sukhareva, Friedrich von Esmarch, Antonio Bertoloni, Gustav Hartlaub, and Richard Bright. After him are Antonio Scarpa, Anna Kuliscioff, Wilhelm Kühne, Ruth Pfau, Max Gerson, and Nicolás Monardes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard ranks 57. Before him are Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Georgi Pulevski, Braxton Bragg, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Adolphe Yvon, and Édouard Deldevez. After him are Konstantin Aksakov, Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Jung Bahadur Rana, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, and Charles Dancla. Among people deceased in 1894, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard ranks 57. Before him are Franjo Rački, Rafael Núñez, Jubal Early, Juventino Rosas, William Robertson Smith, and Juan N. Méndez. After him are Maria Deraismes, Charles Laval, Gillis Bildt, Caterina Volpicelli, Hilarión Daza, and Illarion Pryanishnikov.

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In Mauritius

Among people born in Mauritius, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard ranks 4 out of 14. Before him are Anerood Jugnauth (1930), Henri Le Sidaner (1862), and Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900). After him are Maurice Piat (1941), Prithvirajsing Roopun (1959), Ameenah Gurib (1959), Jean Margéot (1916), Navin Ramgoolam (1947), Pravind Jugnauth (1961), Paul Bérenger (1945), and Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Mauritius

Among physicians born in Mauritius, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard ranks 1. 

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