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Joseph Erlanger

1874 - 1965

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Joseph Erlanger (January 5, 1874 – December 5, 1965) was an American physiologist who is best known for his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Together with Herbert Spencer Gasser, he identified several varieties of nerve fiber and established the relationship between action potential velocity and fiber diameter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Erlanger has received more than 102,268 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Joseph Erlanger is the 161st most popular physician (down from 137th in 2019), the 1,268th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,145th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Physician.

Joseph Erlanger was a physician and neuroscientist who was most famous for his work in the field of neurology. He was the president of the American Neurological Association and became a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Joseph Erlanger ranks 161 out of 502. Before him are George Emil Palade, Fritz Klein, Magnus Hirschfeld, Waldemar Hoven, Sushruta, and Bernardo Houssay. After him are Robin Warren, Michael Stuart Brown, Merit-Ptah, Albert Calmette, Engelbert Kaempfer, and Giovanni Battista Morgagni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Joseph Erlanger ranks 37. Before him are Inessa Armand, Reinhold Glière, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Josef Suk, Abbas II of Egypt, and Auguste Perret. After him are Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Charles Ives, Luigi Einaudi, Henri Guisan, and Reynaldo Hahn. Among people deceased in 1965, Joseph Erlanger ranks 30. Before him are Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, La Belle Otero, Edogawa Ranpo, Paul Tillich, and Frederick Fleet. After him are Sālote Tupou III, Louis Hjelmslev, Bernard Baruch, David O. Selznick, Lauri Törni, and Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Erlanger ranks 1,268 out of 18,182. Before him are Chris Columbus (1958), Alan J. Heeger (1936), Lisa Kudrow (1963), John Forsythe (1918), Joan Didion (1934), and Dennis Rader (1945). After him are Irwin Shaw (1913), Anthony Mann (1906), Cormac McCarthy (1933), Joseph Kosuth (1945), John Brown (1800), and John Foster Dulles (1888).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Joseph Erlanger ranks 19. Before him are Robin Cook (1940), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Louis Ignarro (1941), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), George H. Hitchings (1905), and E. Donnall Thomas (1920). After him are Michael Stuart Brown (1941), Anthony Fauci (1940), Patch Adams (1945), George Whipple (1878), Henry Heimlich (1920), and Dickinson W. Richards (1895).

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