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Paul of Aegina

625 - 690

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Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (Greek: Παῦλος Αἰγινήτης; Aegina, c. 625 – c. 690) was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books. He is considered the “Father of Early Medical Writing”. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul of Aegina has received more than 72,556 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Paul of Aegina is the 223rd most popular physician (down from 215th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Greece (down from 315th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Physician.

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  • 73k

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  • 58.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Paul of Aegina ranks 223 out of 726. Before him are Franciscus Sylvius, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Hans Rosling, Carl von Rokitansky, Karl Adolph von Basedow, and Philipp Franz von Siebold. After him are Barry Marshall, Bernard Kouchner, Patch Adams, Regnier de Graaf, Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, and Leander of Seville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 625, Paul of Aegina ranks 1. After him are Aripert I, and Theodo of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 690, Paul of Aegina ranks 2. Before him is Batbayan. After him are Julian of Toledo, Al-Bara' ibn Azib, Benedict Biscop, and Theodore of Tarsus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Paul of Aegina ranks 330 out of 1,024. Before him are Agnes Baltsa (1944), Phrynichus (-535), Ageladas (-600), Crates of Athens (-400), Cypselus (-700), and Alexis Tsipras (1974). After him are Katina Paxinou (1900), Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Demosthenes (-412), Ariston of Sparta (-550), and Zoilus (-400).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Greece

Among physicians born in Greece, Paul of Aegina ranks 5. Before him are Hippocrates (-460), Erasistratus (-303), Agnodice (-400), and Georgios Papanikolaou (1883). After him are Podalirius (null), and Diocles of Carystus (-400).

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