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Frederic Lewy

1885 - 1950

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Fritz Heinrich Lewy (; January 28, 1885 – October 5, 1950), known in his later years as Frederic Henry Lewey, was a German-born American neurologist. He is best known for the discovery of Lewy bodies, which are a characteristic indicator of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Lewy was born to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany, on January 28, 1885. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederic Lewy has received more than 87,773 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederic Lewy is the 519th most popular physician (down from 497th in 2019), the 4,144th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,889th in 2019) and the 88th most popular German Physician.

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  • 1.84

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Frederic Lewy ranks 519 out of 726. Before him are Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, Anthony Carlisle, Gazi Yaşargil, Wladimir Aïtoff, Sunao Tawara, and Édouard Gagnon. After him are Alfred Blalock, Nikolai Semashko, Pierre Marie, Wilhelm His Sr., Herman Snellen, and Zhong Nanshan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Frederic Lewy ranks 169. Before him are Romà Forns, Iuliu Hossu, Ōsugi Sakae, Charles Bacon, Anna Louise Strong, and Emil Väre. After him are Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Anna Hübler, Edna Ferber, Alexandre Volkoff, Pierre Dupong, and Duncan Grant. Among people deceased in 1950, Frederic Lewy ranks 129. Before him are Edward Arthur Milne, Ivan Shmelyov, Dirk Coster, Konrad von Preysing, Pedro Parages, and Adolf Wiklund. After him are Albert Ehrenstein, Axeman of New Orleans, Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones, Frederick Twort, Mikhail Tskhakaya, and José Berraondo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederic Lewy ranks 4,144 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Adolf Erman (1806), Bodo Ramelow (1956), Paul Götz (1883), Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1697), Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal (1730), and Therese Giehse (1898). After him are Anton Ackermann (1905), Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1786), Susanne Lothar (1960), Camilla Horn (1903), Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow (1638), and Theodor Fischer (1862).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Frederic Lewy ranks 88. Before him are Wilhelm Kühne (1837), Ruth Pfau (1929), Karin Büttner-Janz (1952), Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch (1714), Kurt Blome (1894), and Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786). After him are Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771), Özlem Türeci (1967), Albrecht von Graefe (1828), Franz Josef Ruprecht (1814), Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885), and Ludwig Aschoff (1866).

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