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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 81,050 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Marie François Xavier Bichat is the 140th most popular physician (down from 136th in 2019), the 1,056th most popular biography from France (up from 1,091st in 2019) and the 16th 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 140 out of 726. Before him are Peter Damian, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Sushruta, Ibn Zuhr, Carl Wernicke, and Albrecht von Haller. After him are Theodor Billroth, Joseph Erlanger, Baruj Benacerraf, Harvey J. Alter, E. Donnall Thomas, and Psusennes II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 12. Before him are Julie Clary, Antoine-Jean Gros, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, and Alois Senefelder. After him are Laskarina Bouboulina, Mungo Park, Jean-Andoche Junot, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Mikhail Miloradovich, and Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1802, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 4. Before him are Clotilde of France, Erasmus Darwin, and Ferdinand, Duke of Parma. After him are Martha Washington, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Ludovico Manin, Alexander Radishchev, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prince Henry of Prussia, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, and Jens Juel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 1,056 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Gerson (1363), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Judith of Bavaria (797), Albert Marquet (1875), Marcellin Berthelot (1827), and Léon Jouhaux (1879). After him are Jean Mabillon (1632), Maurice Ronet (1927), Léon Bonnat (1833), Richard Avenarius (1843), Richard III, Duke of Normandy (1001), and Robert de Sorbon (1201).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Marie François Xavier Bichat ranks 16. Before him are Philippe Pinel (1745), Karl Brandt (1904), Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Charles Nicolle (1866), Jean Nicot (1530), and André Frédéric Cournand (1895). After him are Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), Maurice Bucaille (1920), Guy de Chauliac (1300), and Paul Gachet (1828).

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