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Kiyoshi Shiga

1871 - 1957

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Kiyoshi Shiga (志賀 潔, Shiga Kiyoshi, February 7, 1871 – January 25, 1957) was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He had a well-rounded education and career that led to many scientific discoveries. In 1897, Shiga was credited with the discovery and identification of the Shigella dysenteriae microorganism which causes dysentery, and the Shiga toxin which is produced by the bacteria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kiyoshi Shiga has received more than 92,861 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Kiyoshi Shiga is the 426th most popular physician (down from 417th in 2019), the 928th most popular biography from Japan (down from 891st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Kiyoshi Shiga ranks 426 out of 726. Before him are Helen B. Taussig, Wilhelm Stekel, David Cooper, William Kaelin Jr., Giorgio Biandrata, and Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel. After him are Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol, Ibn Butlan, Ferdinand von Mueller, Zilda Arns, Petrus Alphonsi, and Caspar Peucer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Kiyoshi Shiga ranks 90. Before him are Luigi Sturzo, Alwin Berger, Guglielmo Ferrero, Segundo de Chomón, Gyula Kellner, and Gustavs Zemgals. After him are Gyula Károlyi, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Nándor Dáni, Zacharia Paliashvili, Arthur Wynne, and Friedrich Akel. Among people deceased in 1957, Kiyoshi Shiga ranks 120. Before him are Théophile de Donder, Alexander Vertinsky, Elia Abu Madi, Luigi Ganna, Ferenc Hirzer, and Maurice Peeters. After him are Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Harrison Ford, Peter Freuchen, Joseph Canteloube, Bugs Moran, and Frank País.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kiyoshi Shiga ranks 928 out of 6,245. Before him are Yuji Kishioku (1954), Genichi Taguchi (1924), Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Akinori Nakayama (1943), Haruo Nakajima (1929), and Shigeru Umebayashi (1951). After him are Masakatsu Miyamoto (1938), Sakuma Shōzan (1811), Ninomiya Sontoku (1787), Takuya Kimura (1972), Tadao Onishi (1943), and Shōji Nishimura (1889).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Japan

Among physicians born in Japan, Kiyoshi Shiga ranks 9. Before him are Tasuku Honjo (1942), Hakaru Hashimoto (1881), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Kusumoto Ine (1827), and Shinobu Ishihara (1879). After him are Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Sunao Tawara (1873), Yoshioka Yayoi (1871), and Kei Okami (1859).

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