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Robert Remak

1815 - 1865

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Robert Remak (26 July 1815 – 29 August 1865) was an embryologist, physiologist, and neurologist, born in Posen, Prussia, who discovered that the origin of cells was by the division of pre-existing cells. as well as several other key discoveries. According to historian Paul Weindling, Rudolf Virchow, one of the founders of modern cell theory, plagiarized Remak's notion that all cells come from pre-existing cells. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Remak has received more than 125,736 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Robert Remak is the 369th most popular physician (down from 361st in 2019), the 613th most popular biography from Poland (down from 582nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Polish Physician.

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  • 130k

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  • 53.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Robert Remaks by language

Over the past year Robert Remak has had the most page views in the with 14,582 views, followed by Spanish (5,428), and Chinese (2,194). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Yiddish (90.92%), Finnish (55.11%), and Simple English (46.08%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Robert Remak ranks 369 out of 726. Before him are Johann von Staupitz, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Adolph Kolping, Garcia de Orta, Ali ibn Ridwan, and Bénédict Morel. After him are Claus Schilling, Hiraga Gennai, Karl Genzken, Michael Maier, Walter Jackson Freeman II, and Johann Kremer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Robert Remak ranks 38. Before him are James Curtis Hepburn, Jean-Delphin Alard, Charles Renouvier, John A. Macdonald, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, and Louis Le Chatelier. After him are Theophan the Recluse, George Averoff, Temistocle Solera, Louise Rasmussen, Ang Mey, and Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz. Among people deceased in 1865, Robert Remak ranks 42. Before him are Andrés de Santa Cruz, Fredrika Bremer, Rafael Carrera, William Jackson Hooker, Friedrich August Stüler, and Adolph Kolping. After him are Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Evangelos Zappas, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, and Alexander Dukhnovych.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Robert Remak ranks 613 out of 1,694. Before him are Franciszek Macharski (1927), Józef Maria Bocheński (1902), Otto Lasch (1893), Michał Sopoćko (1888), Józef Wybicki (1747), and Gerda Steinhoff (1922). After him are Karl Otfried Müller (1797), Walter Laqueur (1921), Michał Kazimierz Ogiński (1729), Martin Kutta (1867), Shmuel Eisenstadt (1923), and Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Poland

Among physicians born in Poland, Robert Remak ranks 14. Before him are Magnus Hirschfeld (1868), Leon Pinsker (1821), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), Jan Jesenius (1566), Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855), and Hilary Koprowski (1916). After him are Wilhelm Fliess (1858), Ludwik Rajchman (1881), Kazimierz Bein (1872), Max Gerson (1881), Zofia Zamenhof (1889), and Eugene Lazowski (1913).

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