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François Magendie

1783 - 1855

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François Magendie (6 October 1783 – 7 October 1855) was a French physiologist, considered a pioneer of experimental physiology. He is known for describing the foramen of Magendie. There is also a Magendie sign, a downward and inward rotation of the eye due to a lesion in the cerebellum. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Magendie has received more than 104,694 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). François Magendie is the 244th most popular physician (down from 230th in 2019), the 1,837th most popular biography from France (down from 1,735th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, François Magendie ranks 244 out of 502. Before him are Robert Lefkowitz, Frederik Ruysch, Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, Thomas Bartholin, Carl Ludwig, and Torsten Wiesel. After him are Philipp Franz von Siebold, Thomas Addison, August Oetker, Adolf Eugen Fick, Constantine the African, and Vladimir Dal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, François Magendie ranks 17. Before him are Vasily Zhukovsky, Friedrich Sertürner, Catharina of Württemberg, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia. After him are Roustam Raza, William Sturgeon, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Cheung Po Tsai, Julius Klaproth, and Nadezhda Durova. Among people deceased in 1855, François Magendie ranks 12. Before him are Gérard de Nerval, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Adelaide of Austria, Pavel Nakhimov, François Rude, and Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg. After him are Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa, Diponegoro, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Maria Theresa of Austria, Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, and Antonio Rosmini.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Magendie ranks 1,837 out of 6,011. Before him are Marie de Gournay (1565), Jean-Pierre Aumont (1911), Alix of France (1151), William Clito (1102), Henry Darcy (1803), and Claude Sautet (1924). After him are René Char (1907), Blandina (101), Le Pétomane (1857), Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719), Hincmar (806), and Étienne Méhul (1763).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, François Magendie ranks 29. Before him are Maurice Bucaille (1920), Paul Gachet (1828), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), Duchenne de Boulogne (1806), and Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772). After him are Édouard Séguin (1812), Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853), Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), Edmond Locard (1877), and Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643).

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