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Merit-Ptah

2700 BC - 2659 BC

Merit-Ptah

Merit-Ptah ("Beloved of Ptah") was thought to be a female chief physician of the pharaoh's court during the Second Dynasty of Egypt, c. 2700 BCE; she is purportedly referred as such on an inscription left on her grave at Saqqara by her son.However, in recent times it has been argued that she most likely never existed, being a modern 1938 invention of a Canadian feminist called Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Merit-Ptah has received more than 84,607 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Merit-Ptah is the 135th most popular physician (up from 201st in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 213th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Physician.

Merit-ptah was a pharaoh of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom. He was most famous for his military campaigns against the Libyans and the Assyrians.

Memorability Metrics

85k
Page Views (PV)
70.08
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
25
Languages Editions (L)
8.47
Effective Languages (L*)
1.80
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Merit-Ptah ranks 135 out of 509. Before her are Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Ibn Zuhr, Frederick Griffith, Carl Wernicke, John Eccles, and Georges Gilles de la Tourette. After her are Hans Rosling, Joseph Erlanger, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Dominique Jean Larrey, Theodor Billroth, and Baruj Benacerraf.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

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Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
1774 - 1838
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 129
Ibn Zuhr
1091 - 1162
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 130
Frederick Griffith
1879 - 1941
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 131
Carl Wernicke
1848 - 1905
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 132
John Eccles
1903 - 1997
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 133
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
1857 - 1904
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 134
Merit-Ptah
2700 BC - 2659 BC
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 135
Hans Rosling
1948 - 2017
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 136
Joseph Erlanger
1874 - 1965
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 137
Kitasato Shibasaburō
1853 - 1931
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 138
Dominique Jean Larrey
1766 - 1842
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 139
Theodor Billroth
1829 - 1894
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 140
Baruj Benacerraf
1920 - 2011
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 141

Contemporaries

Among people born in 2700 BC, Merit-Ptah ranks 5. Before her are Khufu, Sneferu, Sanakht, and Khaba. After her are Hetepheres I, Prince Rahotep, Meritites I, Henutsen, Meresankh I, and Hetephernebti. Among people deceased in 2659 BC, Merit-Ptah ranks 1.