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Dominique Jean Larrey

1766 - 1842

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Dominique Jean, Baron Larrey (French: [larɛ]; 8 July 1766 – 25 July 1842) was a French surgeon and military doctor, who distinguished himself in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. An important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, and the Inventor of the flying ambulance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dominique Jean Larrey has received more than 235,232 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Dominique Jean Larrey is the 176th most popular physician (down from 169th in 2019), the 1,375th most popular biography from France (down from 1,294th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Physician.

Dominique Jean Larrey is most famous for his work as a military surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars. He was known for his innovative and quick methods of treating wounds.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Dominique Jean Larrey ranks 176 out of 726. Before him are Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Charaka, Frederick Griffith, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Mehriban Aliyeva, and Michael Stuart Brown. After him are Joseph Murray, Alexander Bogdanov, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Magnus Hirschfeld, Bernardo Houssay, and Alan Hodgkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Dominique Jean Larrey ranks 14. Before him are Johanna Schopenhauer, Charlotte, Princess Royal, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Rodolphe Kreutzer, and Maine de Biran. After him are William Hyde Wollaston, Slimane of Morocco, Charles Macintosh, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, François-Xavier Fabre, and Samuel Wilson. Among people deceased in 1842, Dominique Jean Larrey ranks 10. Before him are Bernardo O'Higgins, Constanze Mozart, Clemens Brentano, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi. After him are Pierre Cambronne, Peter Fendi, Charles Bell, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Francisco Morazán, and José de Espronceda.

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In France

Among people born in France, Dominique Jean Larrey ranks 1,375 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Mauroy (1928), Victor Cousin (1792), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), Jacqueline Boyer (1941), Léo Taxil (1854), and Michel Adanson (1727). After him are Luis Federico Leloir (1906), Eva Green (1980), Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435), Arbogast (340), Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814), and Michel de Certeau (1925).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Dominique Jean Larrey ranks 19. Before him are Charles Nicolle (1866), Jean Nicot (1530), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), and Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857). After him are Maurice Bucaille (1920), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Paul Gachet (1828), Albert Calmette (1863), Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), and Bernard Kouchner (1939).

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