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Pierre Fauchard

1679 - 1761

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Pierre Fauchard (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ foʃaʁ]; 2 January 1679 – 21 March 1761) was a French physician, credited as being the "father of modern dentistry". He is widely known for writing the first complete scientific description of dentistry, Le Chirurgien Dentiste ("The Surgeon Dentist"), published in 1728. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Fauchard has received more than 232,472 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Pierre Fauchard is the 362nd most popular physician (down from 323rd in 2019), the 2,872nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,600th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Physician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Pierre Fauchard ranks 362 out of 726. Before him are Hilary Koprowski, Justinus Kerner, Jean Pierre Flourens, Robert Darwin, Carlos Chagas, and Moritz Kaposi. After him are Johann von Staupitz, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Adolph Kolping, Garcia de Orta, Ali ibn Ridwan, and Bénédict Morel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1679, Pierre Fauchard ranks 10. Before him are Woodes Rogers, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Jean François de Troy, Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. After him are Firmin Abauzit, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1761, Pierre Fauchard ranks 13. Before him are Tokugawa Ieshige, Thomas Simpson, Clemens August of Bavaria, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, John Dollond, and Francesco Feo. After him are Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Christian Ferdinand Abel, Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Giovanni Poleni, Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Johann Georg Pinsel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Fauchard ranks 2,872 out of 6,770. Before him are Drogo of Hauteville (1010), Antoine Brumel (1460), Gilbert Simondon (1924), Pierre Rode (1774), Guillaume de Sonnac (1200), and Jean-Louis Forain (1852). After him are Pierre Victor Auger (1899), Christian Ferras (1933), Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789), Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739), Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809), and Colette of Corbie (1381).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Pierre Fauchard ranks 41. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788), Antoine Louis (1723), Louis de Jaucourt (1704), Ernest Duchesne (1874), and Jean Pierre Flourens (1794). After him are Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard (1742), Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755), Charles Estienne (1504), Adrien Proust (1834), Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786), and Bernard de Jussieu (1699).

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