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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 86,553 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gerard van Swieten is the 219th most popular physician (up from 224th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 223rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Dutch Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Gerard van Swieten ranks 219 out of 502Before him are Li Shizhen, Carl von Rokitansky, Paul of Aegina, Hieronymus Fabricius, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, and Horst Schumann. After him are Duchenne de Boulogne, James Black, Soranus of Ephesus, Leander of Seville, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, and Henry Heimlich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Gerard van Swieten ranks 9Before him are Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Ewald Georg von Kleist. After him are Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Jean-Antoine Nollet, Clemens August of Bavaria, Baji Rao I, and Ashraf Hotak. Among people deceased in 1772, Gerard van Swieten ranks 7Before him are Emanuel Swedenborg, Johann Friedrich Struensee, Ahmad Shah Durrani, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Louis-Claude Daquin, and Ernst Johann von Biron. After him are Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Gottfried Achenwall, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, and Augustin Ehrensvärd.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerard van Swieten ranks 217 out of 1,427Before him are Jan Janszoon (1570), Philips Wouwerman (1619), Erwin Koeman (1961), Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Willem Drees (1886), and Nicolaes Maes (1634). After him are Patrick Kluivert (1976), Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577), Tom Gehrels (1925), Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1824), and Abraham Kuyper (1837).

Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Gerard van Swieten ranks 7Before him are Christiaan Eijkman (1858), Peter Canisius (1521), Cornelius Jansen (1585), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Johann Weyer (1515), and Nicolaes Tulp (1593). After him are Frederik Ruysch (1638), Franciscus Donders (1818), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Titus Brandsma (1881), Petrus Camper (1722), and Herman Snellen (1834).