1745 - 1826
Philippe Pinel (French: [pinɛl]; 20 April 1745 – 25 October 1826) was a French physician, precursor of psychiatry and incidentally a zoologist. He was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, referred to today as moral therapy. He worked for the abolition of the shackling of mental patients by chains and, more generally, for the humanisation of their treatment. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Pinel has received more than 387,668 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Pinel is the 54th most popular physician (down from 42nd in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from France (down from 468th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Physician.
Pinel is most famous for his treatment of the mentally ill in the 18th century. He was one of the first to advocate for humane treatment of the mentally ill, and he was one of the first to study mental illness as a medical condition.
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Among physicians, Philippe Pinel ranks 54 out of 502. Before him are Francesco Redi, Karl Brandt, Jean-Martin Charcot, Hilary of Poitiers, Gerhard Domagk, and Rita Levi-Montalcini. After him are Hans Asperger, Hua Tuo, Robert Bellarmine, Christiaan Eijkman, René Laennec, and Niels Ryberg Finsen.
1626 - 1697
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 48
1904 - 1948
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 49
1825 - 1893
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 50
315 - 367
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 51
1895 - 1964
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 52
1909 - 2012
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 53
1745 - 1826
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 54
1906 - 1980
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 55
200 - 208
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 56
1542 - 1621
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 57
1858 - 1930
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 58
1781 - 1826
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 59
1860 - 1904
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 60
Among people born in 1745, Philippe Pinel ranks 4. Before him are Alessandro Volta, Mikhail Kutuzov, and John Jay. After him are Maria Luisa of Spain, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Carl Stamitz, Levin August von Bennigsen, Andrianampoinimerina, Fyodor Ushakov, Valentin Haüy, and Johan Christian Fabricius. Among people deceased in 1826, Philippe Pinel ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Jefferson, Carl Maria von Weber, John Adams, Joseph von Fraunhofer, and Giuseppe Piazzi. After him are René Laennec, John VI of Portugal, Joseph Proust, Elizabeth Alexeievna, Stamford Raffles, and Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.
1745 - 1827
HPI: 83.08
Rank: 1
1745 - 1813
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 2
1745 - 1829
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 3
1745 - 1826
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 4
1745 - 1792
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 5
1745 - 1761
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 6
1745 - 1801
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 7
1745 - 1826
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 8
1745 - 1810
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 9
1745 - 1817
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 10
1745 - 1822
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 11
1745 - 1808
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 12
1743 - 1826
HPI: 89.78
Rank: 1
1786 - 1826
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 2
1735 - 1826
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 3
1787 - 1826
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 4
1746 - 1826
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 5
1745 - 1826
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 6
1781 - 1826
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 7
1767 - 1826
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 8
1754 - 1826
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 9
1779 - 1826
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 10
1781 - 1826
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 11
1755 - 1826
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Philippe Pinel ranks 510 out of 6,011. Before him are Étienne de La Boétie (1530), Léon Blum (1872), Louis Aragon (1897), Louise de La Vallière (1644), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), and Patrick Modiano (1945). After him are Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550), Joseph de Maistre (1753), Annie Girardot (1931), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Antoine of Navarre (1518), and Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753).
1530 - 1563
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 504
1872 - 1950
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 505
1897 - 1982
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 506
1644 - 1710
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 507
1676 - 1744
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 508
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 509
1745 - 1826
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 510
1550 - 1588
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 511
1753 - 1821
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 512
1931 - 2011
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 513
1848 - 1907
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 514
1518 - 1562
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 515
1753 - 1815
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 516
Among physicians born in France, Philippe Pinel ranks 10. Before him are Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845), Claude Bernard (1813), Ambroise Paré (1510), Karl Brandt (1904), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), and Hilary of Poitiers (315). After him are René Laennec (1781), Jean Nicot (1530), Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Charles Nicolle (1866), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), and Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774).
1845 - 1922
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 4
1813 - 1878
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 5
1510 - 1590
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 6
1904 - 1948
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 7
1825 - 1893
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 8
315 - 367
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 9
1745 - 1826
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 10
1781 - 1826
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 11
1530 - 1605
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 12
1805 - 1881
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 13
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 14
1771 - 1802
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 15
1774 - 1838
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 16