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Filippo Pacini

1812 - 1883

Filippo Pacini

Filippo Pacini (25 May 1812 – 9 July 1883) was an Italian anatomist, posthumously famous for isolating the cholera bacterium Vibrio cholerae in 1854, well before Robert Koch's more widely accepted discoveries 30 years later.Pacini was born in Pistoia, Tuscany, to Francesco, a humble cobbler, and Umiltà Dolfi, but was given a religious education in hopes that he would become a bishop. However, in 1830, he was given a scholarship to the most venerable medical school in Pistoia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Filippo Pacini has received more than 50,963 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Filippo Pacini is the 279th most popular physician (up from 325th in 2019), the 1,935th most popular biography from Italy and the 18th most popular Italian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Filippo Pacini ranks 279 out of 509. Before him are Friedrich Hoffmann, Randy Schekman, Hakaru Hashimoto, August Oetker, Andrew Taylor Still, and Richard Axel. After him are Michael DeBakey, Harvey Cushing, Hilary Koprowski, Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Moritz Kaposi, and Realdo Colombo.

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Friedrich Hoffmann
1660 - 1742
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 273
Randy Schekman
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 274
Hakaru Hashimoto
1881 - 1934
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 275
August Oetker
1862 - 1918
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 276
Andrew Taylor Still
1828 - 1917
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 277
Richard Axel
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 278
Filippo Pacini
1812 - 1883
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 279
Michael DeBakey
1908 - 2008
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 280
Harvey Cushing
1869 - 1939
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 281
Hilary Koprowski
1916 - 2013
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 282
Michel-Gabriel Paccard
1757 - 1827
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 283
Moritz Kaposi
1837 - 1902
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 284
Realdo Colombo
1516 - 1559
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 285

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Filippo Pacini ranks 26. Before him are Paul Abadie, Zuo Zongtang, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, Pertevniyal Sultan, Berthold Auerbach, and Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde. After him are James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Ilija Garašanin, Hendrik Conscience, Henry Wilson, Zygmunt Krasiński, and Samuel Smiles. Among people deceased in 1883, Filippo Pacini ranks 26. Before him are Tự Đức, Sojourner Truth, Dayananda Saraswati, Franz Doppler, Alexander Gorchakov, and Pertevniyal Sultan. After him are Wilhelm Peters, Hendrik Conscience, Ciprian Porumbescu, Gustave Aimard, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, and Iwakura Tomomi.

Others Born in 1812

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Paul Abadie
1812 - 1884
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 20
Zuo Zongtang
1812 - 1885
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 21
Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès
1812 - 1895
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 22
Pertevniyal Sultan
1812 - 1883
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 23
Berthold Auerbach
1812 - 1882
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 24
Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde
1812 - 1841
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 25
Filippo Pacini
1812 - 1883
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 26
James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
1812 - 1860
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 27
Ilija Garašanin
1812 - 1874
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 28
Hendrik Conscience
1812 - 1883
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 29
Henry Wilson
1812 - 1875
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 30
Zygmunt Krasiński
1812 - 1859
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 31
Samuel Smiles
1812 - 1904
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 32