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Marie François Xavier Bichat

1771 - 1802

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Marie François Xavier Bichat (; French: [biʃa]; 14 November 1771 – 22 July 1802) was a French anatomist and pathologist, known as the father of modern histology. Although he worked without a microscope, Bichat distinguished 21 types of elementary tissues from which the organs of the human body are composed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie François Xavier Bichat has received more than 80,206 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Marie François Xavier Bichat is the 136th most popular physician (down from 112th in 2019), the 1,094th most popular biography from France (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Physician.

Marie François Xavier Bichat is most famous for his work on the study of tissues. He was a French anatomist and physiologist who is best known for his work on the study of tissues.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 136 out of 502. Before him are Carl Wernicke, Francysk Skaryna, Frederick Griffith, Charles Brenton Huggins, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, and Jens Christian Skou. After him are Robin Cook, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Agnodice, Mungo Park, Ulf von Euler, and Theodor Billroth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 13. Before him are Julie Clary, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Alois Senefelder, and Jean-Andoche Junot. After him are Mungo Park, Laskarina Bouboulina, Ferdinando Paer, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, and Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim. Among people deceased in 1802, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 4. Before him are Erasmus Darwin, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and Clotilde of France. After him are Martha Washington, Ludovico Manin, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Prince Henry of Prussia, Alexander Radishchev, and Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 1,094 out of 6,011. Before him are Bruno Cremer (1929), Jules Renard (1864), Agnes of Poitou (1025), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), Alexandra David-Néel (1868), and Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701). After him are Nicolas Chauvin (1790), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Charles Nodier (1780), Manu Chao (1961), Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), and Pierre d'Ailly (1350).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 15. Before him are Hilary of Poitiers (315), Philippe Pinel (1745), René Laennec (1781), Jean Nicot (1530), Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), and Charles Nicolle (1866). After him are Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Albert Calmette (1863), Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), and Marcel Petiot (1897).

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