Galen

Galen

Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (Greek: Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – c. 216 AD), often anglicized as Galen () or Galen of Pergamon, was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher. Considered to be one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity, Galen influenced the development of various scientific disciplines, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and neurology, as well as philosophy and logic. The son of Aelius Nicon, a wealthy Greek architect with scholarly interests, Galen received a comprehensive education that prepared him for a successful career as a physician and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Galen has received more than 3,174,756 page views. His biography is available in 109 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 101 in 2019). Galen is the 2nd most popular physician (up from 3rd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Physician.

Galen is most famous for his work in medicine. He was a Greek physician who lived in the Roman Empire. Galen is most famous for his work on the circulatory system, where he was the first to describe the difference between veins and arteries.