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Jacinto Convit

1913 - 2014

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Jacinto Convit García (11 September 1913 – 12 May 2014) was a Venezuelan physician and scientist, known for developing a vaccine to prevent leprosy and his studies to treat cancer. He played a role in founding Venezuela's National Institute of Biomedicine and held many leprosy-related positions. Among Convit's many honors for his work on leprosy and tropical diseases was Spain's Prince of Asturias Award in the Scientific and Technical Research category and France's Legion of Honor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacinto Convit has received more than 160,781 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacinto Convit is the 520th most popular physician, the 58th most popular biography from Venezuela and the 2nd most popular Venezuelan Physician.

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  • 15

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  • 2.11

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  • 2.66

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Jacinto Convit ranks 520 out of 502. Before him are Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Nadezhda Suslova, Napoleon Cybulski, Maurice Raynaud, and Emil Holub. After him are Ferdinand von Mueller, William Stukeley, Russell M. Nelson, Florence R. Sabin, Franz Josef Ruprecht, and Joel Roberts Poinsett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Jacinto Convit ranks 226. Before him are Ranko Marinković, Andre DeToth, Bahi Ladgham, Gangubai Hangal, Kalpana Datta, and Suzan Kahramaner. After him are John Mikaelsson, Richard Helms, Cyril Toumanoff, Robert Nisbet, Tony Zale, and Julius Döpfner. Among people deceased in 2014, Jacinto Convit ranks 289. Before him are Tullio Regge, Horacio Troche, Casey Kasem, A. N. R. Robinson, Arnoldo Foà, and Lucius Shepard. After him are Lucien Clergue, Çolpan İlhan, Jimmy Ellis, Carmelo Bossi, Helma Sanders-Brahms, and Carol Ann Susi.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Jacinto Convit ranks 58 out of 155. Before him are Germán Suárez Flamerich (1907), Andrew Divoff (1955), Simón Díaz (1928), José María Vargas (1786), Lupita Ferrer (1947), and Rosalio José Castillo Lara (1922). After him are Garbiñe Muguruza (1993), Joaquín Crespo (1841), Ignacio Velasco (1929), José María Carreño (1792), Miguel Otero Silva (1908), and Andrés Narvarte (1781).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Venezuela

Among physicians born in Venezuela, Jacinto Convit ranks 2. Before him are Baruj Benacerraf (1920).

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