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Edmond Locard

1877 - 1966

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Dr. Edmond Locard (13 December 1877 – 4 May 1966) was a French criminologist, the pioneer in forensic science who became known as the "Sherlock Holmes of France". He formulated the basic principle of forensic science: "Every contact leaves a trace". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmond Locard has received more than 278,848 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Edmond Locard is the 270th most popular physician (down from 267th in 2019), the 2,099th most popular biography from France (up from 2,104th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Edmond Locard ranks 270 out of 502. Before him are Podalirius, Caesarius of Nazianzus, Eduard Bloch, Jan Jesenius, Lorna Wing, and Michel-Gabriel Paccard. After him are Bronisława Dłuska, John Hunter, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Clarke Abel, and Cicely Saunders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Edmond Locard ranks 54. Before him are Chaim Rumkowski, Herbert Pitman, Charles Rolls, Petar Kočić, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, and James Montgomery Flagg. After him are Wilhelm Adam, Frank Marshall, Garrett Morgan, Henri Breuil, Edmund Landau, and Max Factor. Among people deceased in 1966, Edmond Locard ranks 67. Before him are Wäinö Aaltonen, Marguerite Long, Hendrik Verwoerd, Bud Powell, Amédée Ozenfant, and Victor Brauner. After him are Bai Chongxi, Caterina Albert, Fritz Wunderlich, Wilhelm Röpke, Elena Stasova, and Emil Brunner.

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In France

Among people born in France, Edmond Locard ranks 2,099 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579), Pierre Fournier (1906), Marquis de Custine (1790), and Paul Belmondo (1963). After him are Prince Dimitri Romanov (1926), Jules Perrot (1810), Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809), John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (1582), Maurice de Sully (1110), and Joseph Darnand (1897).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Edmond Locard ranks 34. Before 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). After him are Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), Antoine Louis (1723), Ernest Duchesne (1874), Pierre Fauchard (1679), Louis de Jaucourt (1704), and Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788).

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