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Franz Joseph Gall

1758 - 1828

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Franz Joseph Gall or Franz Josef Gall (German: [gal]; 9 March 1758 – 22 August 1828) was a German neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain. Claimed as the founder of the pseudoscience of phrenology, Gall was an early and important researcher in his fields. His contributions to the field of neuropsychology were controversial at the time and are now widely referred to as pseudoscience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Joseph Gall has received more than 282,277 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Franz Joseph Gall is the 120th most popular physician (up from 121st in 2019), the 778th most popular biography from Germany (up from 791st in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Physician.

Franz Joseph Gall was a physician and physiologist who is most famous for his theory of phrenology, which he developed in 1796.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 120 out of 726. Before him are Friedrich Miescher, Niels Kaj Jerne, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Santorio Santorio, Erasistratus, and Francis Peyton Rous. After him are Richard von Krafft-Ebing, John Eccles, Ragnar Granit, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Johannes Peter Müller, and Dickinson W. Richards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1758, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 11. Before him are Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, André Masséna, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Kamehameha I, Emperor Go-Momozono, and Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier. After him are Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Osman Pazvantoğlu, Carle Vernet, and Carl Friedrich Zelter. Among people deceased in 1828, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 7. Before him are Franz Schubert, Francisco Goya, Shaka, Maria Feodorovna, Victor of Aveyron, and Alexander Ypsilantis. After him are Jean-Antoine Houdon, Kobayashi Issa, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Carl Peter Thunberg, and Charlotte, Princess Royal.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 778 out of 7,253. Before him are James Last (1929), Therese Neumann (1898), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), Gustav Radbruch (1878), Wilhelm Cuno (1876), and Wilhelm Bittrich (1894). After him are Theodor W. Hänsch (1941), Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707), Theodor Fontane (1819), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), and Udo Kier (1944).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 14. Before him are Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884), Gerhard Domagk (1895), Otto Loewi (1873), Theodor Morell (1886), Werner Forssmann (1904), and Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935). After him are Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), Herta Oberheuser (1911), Theodor Billroth (1829), Johann Joachim Becher (1635), and Albert of Riga (1165).

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