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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 84,630 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kiyoshi Shiga is the 418th most popular physician (down from 393rd in 2019), the 894th most popular biography from Japan (down from 878th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Kiyoshi Shiga ranks 418 out of 502. Before him are William Stewart Halsted, James Braid, Fernando J. Corbató, William Gull, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, and Oskar Minkowski. After him are Hiraga Gennai, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, Dorotea Bucca, David Cooper, Friedrich von Esmarch, and Peter C. Doherty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Kiyoshi Shiga ranks 88. Before him are Emily Carr, Arthur Griffith, Giuseppe Motta, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Ahatanhel Krymsky, and Leonidas Pyrgos. After him are Guglielmo Ferrero, Gustavs Zemgals, Zacharia Paliashvili, Friedrich Akel, Thekla Resvoll, and Nándor Dáni. Among people deceased in 1957, Kiyoshi Shiga ranks 116. Before him are Marija Jurić Zagorka, Paja Jovanović, Frank País, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Harald Sverdrup, and Ralph Benatzky. After him are James Whale, Peter Freuchen, Augusto Genina, Ramon Magsaysay, Wilhelm Nusselt, and Harrison Ford.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kiyoshi Shiga ranks 894 out of 6,048. Before him are Itō Noe (1895), On Kawara (1932), Yoshito Usui (1958), Masashi Watanabe (1936), Kunio Yanagita (1875), and Shoji Nishio (1927). After him are Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Tokugawa Nariaki (1800), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), Hisashi Owada (1932), Hiraga Gennai (1728), and Tadao Kobayashi (1930).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Japan

Among physicians born in Japan, Kiyoshi Shiga ranks 8. Before him are Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853), Hakaru Hashimoto (1881), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Tasuku Honjo (1942), Kusumoto Ine (1827), and Hiroshi Nakajima (1928). After him are Hiraga Gennai (1728), Sunao Tawara (1873), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Shinobu Ishihara (1879), Akira Endo (1933), and Yoshioka Yayoi (1871).

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