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Paul Gachet

1828 - 1909

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Paul-Ferdinand Gachet (30 July 1828 – 9 January 1909) was a French physician most famous for treating the painter Vincent van Gogh during his last weeks in Auvers-sur-Oise. Gachet was a great supporter of artists and the Impressionist movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Gachet has received more than 305,173 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Gachet is the 195th most popular physician (up from 204th in 2019), the 1,508th most popular biography from France (up from 1,509th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Physician.

Paul Gachet was a French physician and painter who was a close friend of Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh was often treated by Gachet for mental illness and physical conditions. Van Gogh died in 1890, and Gachet died in 1909.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Paul Gachet ranks 195 out of 726. Before him are Guy de Chauliac, Leonhart Fuchs, Sebastian Kneipp, Heo Jun, Louis Ignarro, and Peter Agre. After him are Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Neferkare Neby, Albert Calmette, Ludwig Guttmann, Waldemar Hoven, and Zhang Zhongjing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Paul Gachet ranks 18. Before him are Ferdinand Cohn, Albert Marth, Louise of the Netherlands, Albert of Saxony, John Langdon Down, and Edmond François Valentin About. After him are Joseph Swan, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Alexander Butlerov, Iosif Gurko, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, and Friedrich Albert Lange. Among people deceased in 1909, Paul Gachet ranks 21. Before him are Zinovy Rozhestvensky, Besarion Jughashvili, Felice Beato, Francisco Ferrer, Carlos, Duke of Madrid, and Red Cloud. After him are Abdul Karim, Princess Marie of Orléans, Naftali Herz Imber, Arnold Janssen, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Simon Newcomb.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Gachet ranks 1,508 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Tirole (1953), Henri, Prince of Condé (1552), Marcel Dassault (1892), William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875), Rose Bertin (1747), and Peter Faber (1506). After him are Fredegund (545), Humbert of Silva Candida (1000), Henri Giffard (1825), Gustave Charpentier (1860), Henri Cartan (1904), and Guillaume Budé (1467).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Paul Gachet ranks 22. Before him are Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), Maurice Bucaille (1920), and Guy de Chauliac (1300). After him are Albert Calmette (1863), Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), Bernard Kouchner (1939), Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), Marcel Petiot (1897), and Duchenne de Boulogne (1806).

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