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Soranus of Ephesus

98 - 200

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Soranus of Ephesus (Ancient Greek: Σωρανός ὁ Ἑφέσιος; fl. 1st/2nd century AD) was a Greek physician. He was born in Ephesus but practiced in Alexandria and subsequently in Rome, and was one of the chief representatives of the Methodic school of medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Soranus of Ephesus has received more than 175,977 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Soranus of Ephesus is the 215th most popular physician (up from 222nd in 2019), the 421st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 503rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Turkish Physician.

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  • 180k

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  • 58.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Soranus of Ephesus ranks 215 out of 726. Before him are Ernst-Günther Schenck, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, August Oetker, Mungo Park, Adolf Eugen Fick, and Fritz Klein. After him are Thomas Bartholin, Franciscus Sylvius, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Hans Rosling, Carl von Rokitansky, and Karl Adolph von Basedow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 98, Soranus of Ephesus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 200, Soranus of Ephesus ranks 11. Before him are Justin, Emperor Chūai, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Lucius Artorius Castus, Vologases III of Parthia, and Artemidorus. After him are Babrius, Gaius Appuleius Diocles, Aquila of Sinope, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Yan Liang, and Maximus of Tyre.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Soranus of Ephesus ranks 421 out of 1,347. Before him are Emine Erdoğan (1955), Kâtip Çelebi (1609), E. M. Antoniadi (1870), Şahin Giray (1745), Bülent Ersoy (1952), and Halide Edib Adıvar (1884). After him are Fevzi Çakmak (1876), Binali Yıldırım (1955), Hieronymus of Cardia (-390), Nubar Pasha (1825), Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1800), and Euthymius the Great (377).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Türkiye

Among physicians born in Türkiye, Soranus of Ephesus ranks 10. Before him are Pedanius Dioscorides (40), Polycarp (69), Herophilos (-335), Ctesias (-440), Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100), and Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120). After him are Caesarius of Nazianzus (330), Aëtius of Amida (502), Rufus of Ephesus (100), Hulusi Behçet (1889), Gazi Yaşargil (1925), and Serenus Sammonicus (200).

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