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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 67,599 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Paul of Aegina is the 215th most popular physician (up from 225th in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Greece (up from 334th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Physician.

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  • 58.30

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Paul of Aegina ranks 215 out of 502Before him are Nicolaes Tulp, Norman Bethune, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Li Shizhen, and Carl von Rokitansky. After him are Hieronymus Fabricius, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Horst Schumann, Gerard van Swieten, Duchenne de Boulogne, and James Black.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 625, Paul of Aegina ranks 1After him is Aripert I. Among people deceased in 690, Paul of Aegina ranks 1After him are Batbayan, Julian of Toledo, Benedict Biscop, and Theodore of Tarsus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Paul of Aegina ranks 315 out of 936Before him are Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta (1904), Paeonius (-500), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (-200), Campaspe (-400), and Cynisca (-430). After him are Yiannis Ritsos (1909), Demosthenes (-412), Konstantin Dejanović (1355), Antilochus (null), Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), and Ageladas (-600).

Among PHYSICIANS In Greece

Among physicians born in Greece, Paul of Aegina ranks 4Before him are Hippocrates (-460), Georgios Papanikolaou (1883), and Erasistratus (-303). After him are Podalirius (null).