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Richard Wilhelm

1873 - 1930

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Richard Wilhelm (10 May 1873 – 2 March 1930) was a German sinologist, theologian and missionary. He lived in China for 25 years, became fluent in spoken and written Chinese, and grew to love and admire the Chinese people. He is best remembered for his translations of philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into other major languages of the world, including English. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Wilhelm has received more than 15,816 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Richard Wilhelm is the 356th most popular physician (down from 271st in 2019), the 2,715th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,994th in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Richard Wilhelm ranks 356 out of 502Before him are Nikolai Korotkov, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Özlem Türeci, Ibn Abi Usaibia, Johann Christian Reil, and Tasuku Honjo. After him are Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Ron Wyatt, Willi Graf, Herman Snellen, Robert Remak, and Karl Friedrich Burdach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Richard Wilhelm ranks 83Before him are Carl Flesch, Gustaf John Ramstedt, Kyōka Izumi, Dámaso Berenguer, Nikolai Tcherepnin, and Joseph Paul-Boncour. After him are Leo Fall, Henri Rabaud, John Flanagan, José Martínez Ruiz, E. D. Morel, and Ramón Castillo. Among people deceased in 1930, Richard Wilhelm ranks 57Before him are Mabel Normand, Adolf Wölfli, Abram Arkhipov, Pierina Legnani, Oskar Nedbal, and Eugen Goldstein. After him are Władysław Horodecki, Isidor Gunsberg, Paul Levi, Jeppe Aakjær, Glenn Curtiss, and Oku Yasukata.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard Wilhelm ranks 2,715 out of 6,142Before him are Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich (960), Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1936), Klaus Allofs (1956), Johann Christian Reil (1759), Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (1859), and Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1468). After him are Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (1532), Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823), Adolf Hühnlein (1881), Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (1573), William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1598), and Rudolf Jakob Camerarius (1665).

Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Richard Wilhelm ranks 57Before him are Ewald Hering (1834), Michael Maier (1568), Johann Peter Frank (1745), Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819), Özlem Türeci (1967), and Johann Christian Reil (1759). After him are Willi Graf (1918), Karl Friedrich Burdach (1776), Adolph Kolping (1813), Adolf Kussmaul (1822), Theodor Meynert (1833), and Johann von Staupitz (1465).