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Moritz Kaposi

1837 - 1902

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Moritz Kaposi (Hungarian: Kaposi Mór, pronounced [ˈkɒpoʃi ˈmoːr]; 23 October 1837 – 6 March 1902) was a physician and dermatologist from the Austro-Hungarian Empire who discovered the skin tumor that received his name (Kaposi's sarcoma). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moritz Kaposi has received more than 99,810 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Moritz Kaposi is the 361st most popular physician (down from 339th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 261st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Physician.

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  • 60.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Moritz Kaposi ranks 361 out of 726. Before him are Stamen Grigorov, Hilary Koprowski, Justinus Kerner, Jean Pierre Flourens, Robert Darwin, and Carlos Chagas. After him are Pierre Fauchard, Johann von Staupitz, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Adolph Kolping, Garcia de Orta, and Ali ibn Ridwan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Moritz Kaposi ranks 57. Before him are Liu Yongfu, Tippu Tip, John Wesley Hyatt, Hans von Marées, Zhang Zhidong, and Robert Gould Shaw. After him are Sanjō Sanetomi, Walter Hauser, Michele Rua, Franz Overbeck, Yohannes IV, and Nicolás Avellaneda. Among people deceased in 1902, Moritz Kaposi ranks 31. Before him are Adolf Kussmaul, Jan Gotlib Bloch, Imre Steindl, Prudente de Morais, Thomas Nast, and Jules Dalou. After him are Eduard von Toll, Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, Marie Alfred Cornu, Walter Hauser, Cato Maximilian Guldberg, and Ernst Schröder.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Moritz Kaposi ranks 294 out of 1,077. Before him are László Mednyánszky (1852), Géza Gárdonyi (1863), Dezső Novák (1939), László Lovász (1948), Franz Alexander (1891), and Károly Grósz (1930). After him are Máté Zalka (1896), Béla Kiss (1877), Lippo Hertzka (1904), Péter Erdő (1952), Béla Király (1912), and Mihály Vörösmarty (1800).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Hungary

Among physicians born in Hungary, Moritz Kaposi ranks 6. Before him are Ignaz Semmelweis (1818), Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893), Kálmán Kalocsay (1891), Gabor Maté (1944), and Thomas Szasz (1920). After him are Eva Klein (1925), Emil Zuckerkandl (1849), Edith Farkas (1921), Gabriele Possanner (1860), Vilma Hugonnai (1847), and Jenő Kamuti (1937).

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