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BIOLOGIST

Félix d'Herelle

1873 - 1949

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Félix d'Hérelle (25 April 1873 – 22 February 1949) was a French microbiologist. He was co-discoverer of bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) and experimented with the possibility of phage therapy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félix d'Herelle has received more than 72,445 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Félix d'Herelle is the 245th most popular biologist (up from 302nd in 2019), the 2,213th most popular biography from France (up from 2,465th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Félix d'Herelle ranks 245 out of 841. Before him are Josias Braun-Blanquet, Martin Chalfie, Joy Adamson, Otto Brunfels, Joseph Dalton Hooker, and Michał Boym. After him are Johann Baptist von Spix, George Shaw, Carl Correns, Rupert Sheldrake, David Julius, and August Grisebach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Félix d'Herelle ranks 69. Before him are Adolph Zukor, Hasan Prishtina, Nureddin Pasha, Moisei Uritsky, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, and Theodor Körner. After him are Elena Stasova, Alexey Shchusev, Józef Haller, Leon Czolgosz, Iuliu Maniu, and Louis Feuillade. Among people deceased in 1949, Félix d'Herelle ranks 61. Before him are Ivan Poddubny, Jacques Copeau, Wilhelm Adam, Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, Maria Cebotari, and Sam Wood. After him are Ginette Neveu, Alexey Shchusev, Mariano Fortuny, Vladimir Nazor, Infanta Blanca of Spain, and Alejandro Lerroux.

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In France

Among people born in France, Félix d'Herelle ranks 2,213 out of 6,011. Before him are Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau (1715), Emmanuel Petit (1970), Robert Pires (1973), Claude Zidi (1934), Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), and Jean Bodel (1165). After him are Claude Berri (1934), Léon Cogniet (1794), Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903), Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161), Anselme Payen (1795), and Bernard of Menthon (923).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Félix d'Herelle ranks 30. Before him are Michel Adanson (1727), Pierre André Latreille (1762), Jérôme Lejeune (1926), Pierre Belon (1517), Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), and Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748). After him are Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), Johann Hermann (1738), René Lesson (1794), Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777), and Alain Bombard (1924).

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