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Emil du Bois-Reymond

1818 - 1896

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Emil Heinrich du Bois-Reymond (7 November 1818 – 26 December 1896) was a German physiologist, the co-discoverer of nerve action potential, and the developer of experimental electrophysiology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil du Bois-Reymond has received more than 137,467 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Emil du Bois-Reymond is the 205th most popular physician (up from 211th in 2019), the 1,428th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,432nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Emil du Bois-Reymond ranks 205 out of 726Before him are Ludwig Guttmann, Waldemar Hoven, Zhang Zhongjing, Bernardino Ramazzini, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, and Asclepiades of Bithynia. After him are Li Shizhen, David H. Hubel, Thomas Willis, Ernst-Günther Schenck, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, and August Oetker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Emil du Bois-Reymond ranks 32Before him are Zachris Topelius, Emperor Norton, Francesco Crispi, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Richard Jordan Gatling, and Maria Mitchell. After him are Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Tewodros II, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1896, Emil du Bois-Reymond ranks 24Before him are Richard Avenarius, Ambroise Thomas, John Langdon Down, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Ichiyō Higuchi, and Prince Henry of Battenberg. After him are Frederic Leighton, Maurice de Hirsch, Ante Starčević, Heinrich von Treitschke, Marcelo H. del Pilar, and Ernst Engel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Emil du Bois-Reymond ranks 1,428 out of 7,253Before him are Michael Wolgemut (1434), Karl Richter (1926), Erdoğan Atalay (1966), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (1861), and Helmut Schön (1915). After him are Jürgen Grabowski (1944), Méret Oppenheim (1913), Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1240), Princess Sophie of Saxony (1845), Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803), and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777).

Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Emil du Bois-Reymond ranks 29Before him are August von Wassermann (1866), Werner Haase (1900), Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Sebastian Kneipp (1821), Ludwig Guttmann (1899), and Waldemar Hoven (1903). After him are Ernst-Günther Schenck (1904), August Oetker (1862), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Franciscus Sylvius (1614), Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799), and Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796).