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Johann Weyer

1515 - 1588

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Johannes Wier (Latin: Ioannes Wierus or Piscinarius; 1515 – 24 February 1588) was a Dutch physician who was among the first to publish a thorough treatise against the trials and persecution of people accused of witchcraft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Weyer has received more than 360,537 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Johann Weyer is the 206th most popular physician (down from 190th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 5th most popular Dutch Physician.

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  • 58.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Johann Weyer ranks 206 out of 502. Before him are Franciscus Sylvius, David H. Hubel, Regnier de Graaf, Maurice Bucaille, Paul Gachet, and Andrea Cesalpino. After him are Guy de Chauliac, Leonhart Fuchs, Nicolaes Tulp, Norman Bethune, Emil du Bois-Reymond, and Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Johann Weyer ranks 14. Before him are Piali Pasha, Pierre Lescot, Petrus Ramus, Felix of Cantalice, Sebastian Castellio, and Cipriano de Rore. After him are Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Margaret Douglas, Hōjō Ujiyasu, Valerius Cordus, and Christoph, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1588, Johann Weyer ranks 9. Before him are Frederick II of Denmark, Henry I, Duke of Guise, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, 3rd Dalai Lama, Henri, Prince of Condé, and Qi Jiguang. After him are Bernardino Telesio, Alonso Sánchez Coello, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, Giorgio Biandrata, Louis of Granada, and Diego Durán.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Johann Weyer ranks 189 out of 1,427. Before him are Willem de Sitter (1872), Anton Mauve (1838), Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606), Ruud Lubbers (1939), Willem Mengelberg (1871), and Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976). After him are Peter Stuyvesant (1612), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Anton Mussert (1894), Tiësto (1969), Maarten Tromp (1598), and Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Johann Weyer ranks 5. Before him are Christiaan Eijkman (1858), Peter Canisius (1521), Cornelius Jansen (1585), and Regnier de Graaf (1641). After him are Nicolaes Tulp (1593), Gerard van Swieten (1700), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Franciscus Donders (1818), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Titus Brandsma (1881), and Petrus Camper (1722).

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