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Constantine the African

1020 - 1087

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Constantine the African, OSB (Latin: Constantinus Africanus; died before 1098/1099, Monte Cassino) was a physician who lived in the 11th century. The first part of his life was spent in Ifriqiya and the rest in Italy. He first arrived in Italy in the coastal town of Salerno, home of the Schola Medica Salernitana, where his work attracted attention from the local Lombard and Norman rulers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Constantine the African has received more than 198,413 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Constantine the African is the 264th most popular physician (down from 249th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Tunisian Physician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Constantine the African ranks 264 out of 726. Before him are Carl Værnet, Irmfried Eberl, Édouard Séguin, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Joseph Škoda, and Leon Pinsker. After him are John Harvey Kellogg, Cicely Saunders, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, May-Britt Moser, Richard Axel, and Bian Que.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1020, Constantine the African ranks 8. Before him are Yūsuf Balasaguni, Sweyn II of Denmark, Pope Stephen IX, Guo Xi, Su Song, and William I, Count of Burgundy. After him are Zhang Zai, Vladimir of Novgorod, Adelaide of Susa, Otto of Nordheim, Gunhilda of Denmark, and Conrad I, Duke of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1087, Constantine the African ranks 8. Before him are Pope Victor III, Solomon, King of Hungary, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, William I, Count of Burgundy, Bertha of Savoy, and Blot-Sweyn. After him are Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Maria Dobroniega of Kiev.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Constantine the African ranks 46 out of 210. Before him are Avienus (305), Hamida Djandoubi (1949), Mohamed Ennaceur (1934), Muhammad VIII al-Amin (1881), Maharbal (-245), and Rached Ghannouchi (1941). After him are Azzedine Alaïa (1935), Gaius Claudius Nero (-300), Albert Memmi (1920), Mohammed Gammoudi (1938), Clitomachus (-187), and Sabinianus (200).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Tunisia

Among physicians born in Tunisia, Constantine the African ranks 1. After him are Tewhida Ben Sheikh (1909).

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