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Gerhard Armauer Hansen

1841 - 1912

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Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɡæ̂rhɑɖ ɑrˈmæ̀ʉər ˈhɑ̂nsn̩]; 29 July 1841 – 12 February 1912) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerhard Armauer Hansen has received more than 182,988 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Gerhard Armauer Hansen is the 109th most popular physician (down from 56th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Norway (down from 31st in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Physician.

Gerhard Armauer Hansen is most famous for his discovery of the bacteria that causes leprosy.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Gerhard Armauer Hansen ranks 109 out of 502Before him are Elizabeth Blackwell, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Ragnar Granit, Charles Nicolle, Arvid Carlsson, and Eric Kandel. After him are George Minot, Peter Damian, Johann Joachim Becher, Edgar Adrian, John Snow, and Ferid Murad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Gerhard Armauer Hansen ranks 16Before him are Itō Hirobumi, Frédéric Bazille, Emil Theodor Kocher, Félix Faure, Nicholas I of Montenegro, and Maria Sophie of Bavaria. After him are Armand Fallières, Emmanuel Chabrier, Victor D'Hondt, Armand Guillaumin, Ferdinand Buisson, and Ahmed ‘Urabi. Among people deceased in 1912, Gerhard Armauer Hansen ranks 16Before him are Thomas Andrews, Robert Falcon Scott, Joseph Lister, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, William McMaster Murdoch, and William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Auguste Beernaert, John Jacob Astor IV, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Franz Reichelt, Johann Martin Schleyer, and Benjamin Guggenheim.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Gerhard Armauer Hansen ranks 39 out of 927Before him are Magnus IV of Sweden (1316), Haakon the Good (918), Peder Severin Krøyer (1851), Haakon Sigurdsson (930), Christian Lous Lange (1869), and Haakon IV of Norway (1204). After him are Lars Onsager (1903), Harald Greycloak (935), Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932), Sonja Henie (1912), Trygve Haavelmo (1911), and Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930).

Among PHYSICIANS In Norway

Among physicians born in Norway, Gerhard Armauer Hansen ranks 1After him are May-Britt Moser (1963).