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Duchenne de Boulogne

1806 - 1875

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Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne) (September 17, 1806, in Boulogne-sur-Mer – September 15, 1875, in Paris) was a French neurologist who revived Galvani's research and greatly advanced the science of electrophysiology. The era of modern neurology developed from Duchenne's understanding of neural pathways and his diagnostic innovations including deep tissue biopsy, nerve conduction tests (NCS), and clinical photography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duchenne de Boulogne has received more than 181,852 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Duchenne de Boulogne is the 220th most popular physician (up from 237th in 2019), the 1,643rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,795th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 220 out of 502. Before him are Carl von Rokitansky, Paul of Aegina, Hieronymus Fabricius, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Horst Schumann, and Gerard van Swieten. After him are James Black, Soranus of Ephesus, Leander of Seville, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, Henry Heimlich, and Zhang Zhongjing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 16. Before him are William Webb Ellis, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, and Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga. After him are Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Charles Gleyre, Antoine Wiertz, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, William, Duke of Brunswick, and Johan Vilhelm Snellman. Among people deceased in 1875, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 23. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Amalia of Oldenburg, 12th Dalai Lama, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, and Heinrich Schwabe. After him are Jacques Paul Migne, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Eduard Mörike, Guillaume Henri Dufour, Henri Labrouste, and Friedrich Albert Lange.

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In France

Among people born in France, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 1,643 out of 6,011. Before him are Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700), Michel Serrault (1928), Marguerite Perey (1909), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Georges Feydeau (1862), and Charlotte Bonaparte (1802). After him are Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830), Carausius (300), Maurice Papon (1910), John I, Duke of Alençon (1385), Christian Boltanski (1944), and Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 27. Before him are Marcel Petiot (1897), Bernard Kouchner (1939), Maurice Bucaille (1920), Paul Gachet (1828), Guy de Chauliac (1300), and Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757). After him are Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), François Magendie (1783), Édouard Séguin (1812), Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853), Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), and Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757).

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