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Richard von Krafft-Ebing

1840 - 1902

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Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (full name Richard Fridolin Joseph Freiherr Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, genannt von Ebing; 14 August 1840 – 22 December 1902) was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work Psychopathia Sexualis (1886). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard von Krafft-Ebing has received more than 443,198 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Richard von Krafft-Ebing is the 118th most popular physician (down from 92nd in 2019), the 772nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 647th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Physician.

Richard von Krafft-Ebing is most famous for his publication of Psychopathia Sexualis, a book that classified various sexual behaviors as either normal or abnormal.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Richard von Krafft-Ebing ranks 118 out of 502. Before him are Johann Joachim Becher, Edgar Adrian, John Snow, Ferid Murad, Francis Peyton Rous, and Herta Oberheuser. After him are Harvey J. Alter, John Eccles, Franz Joseph Gall, Virginia Apgar, Albert Sabin, and Giovanni Alfonso Borelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Richard von Krafft-Ebing ranks 18. Before him are John Boyd Dunlop, Edward Drinker Cope, Crazy Horse, Father Damien, August Bebel, and Thomas Hardy. After him are Alfred Thayer Mahan, Edward Whymper, Hans Makart, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, and Giovanni Verga. Among people deceased in 1902, Richard von Krafft-Ebing ranks 10. Before him are Rudolf Virchow, Levi Strauss, Maria Goretti, Marie Henriette of Austria, Samuel Butler, and James Tissot. After him are Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Victor D'Hondt, Ion Ivanovici, Albert of Saxony, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, and Henryk Siemiradzki.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard von Krafft-Ebing ranks 772 out of 6,142. Before him are Peter Weiss (1916), Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666), Hugo Sperrle (1885), Herschel Grynszpan (1921), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), and Herta Oberheuser (1911). After him are Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Ralf Dahrendorf (1929), Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788), Uwe Seeler (1936), Friedrich Dollmann (1882), and Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (1261).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Richard von Krafft-Ebing ranks 16. Before him are Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884), Theodor Morell (1886), Werner Forssmann (1904), Otto Loewi (1873), Johann Joachim Becher (1635), and Herta Oberheuser (1911). After him are Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), Theodor Billroth (1829), Ludwig Guttmann (1899), Waldemar Hoven (1903), and Engelbert Kaempfer (1651).

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