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Gerard van Swieten

1700 - 1772

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Gerard van Swieten (7 May 1700 – 18 June 1772) was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical university education. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard van Swieten has received more than 95,742 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard van Swieten is the 294th most popular physician (down from 219th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 217th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Gerard van Swieten ranks 294 out of 726. Before him are Drew Weissman, Ennio Antonelli, Franciscus Donders, Caesarius of Nazianzus, Johann Conrad Dippel, and Pierre Paul Émile Roux. After him are Sigmund Rascher, Leopold Auenbrugger, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari, Kálmán Kalocsay, Michel-Gabriel Paccard, and Horace Wells.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Gerard van Swieten ranks 14. Before him are Ewald Georg von Kleist, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Clemens August of Bavaria, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Jean-Antoine Nollet, and Luigi Vanvitelli. After him are Sabah I bin Jaber, Baji Rao I, Ashraf Hotak, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, and Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1772, Gerard van Swieten ranks 8. Before him are Johann Friedrich Struensee, Ahmad Shah Durrani, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Louis-Claude Daquin, Ernst Johann von Biron, and Gottfried Achenwall. After him are Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, John Canton, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, and Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerard van Swieten ranks 338 out of 1,646. Before him are Nikolaus Gerhaert (1420), Esaias van de Velde (1587), Joanna of Bavaria (1356), Henk Sneevliet (1883), Isaac Titsingh (1745), and Mart Stam (1899). After him are Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), Sharon den Adel (1974), Hans van Breukelen (1956), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), Olivier van Noort (1558), and Wander Johannes de Haas (1878).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Gerard van Swieten ranks 10. Before him are Nicolaes Tulp (1593), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Johann Weyer (1515), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Frederik Ruysch (1638), and Franciscus Donders (1818). After him are Titus Brandsma (1881), Petrus Camper (1722), Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), Wim Eijk (1953), Willem Johan Kolff (1911), and Herman Snellen (1834).

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