PHYSICIAN

Sunao Tawara

1873 - 1952

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Sunao Tawara (田原 淳, Tawara Sunao, July 5, 1873 – January 19, 1952) was a Japanese pathologist known for the discovery of the atrioventricular node. Tawara was born in Ōita Prefecture and studied at the Medical School, Imperial University of Tokyo in Tokyo, graduating in 1901 and receiving his Doctorate of Medical Science in 1908. Between 1903 and 1906 he spent in Philipps University of Marburg in Marburg, studying pathology and pathological anatomy with Ludwig Aschoff. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sunao Tawara has received more than 34,812 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sunao Tawara is the 517th most popular physician (down from 432nd in 2019), the 1,114th most popular biography from Japan (down from 918th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Sunao Tawara ranks 517 out of 726. Before him are Oskar Minkowski, Robert Knox, Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, Anthony Carlisle, Gazi Yaşargil, and Wladimir Aïtoff. After him are Édouard Gagnon, Frederic Lewy, Alfred Blalock, Nikolai Semashko, Pierre Marie, and Wilhelm His Sr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Sunao Tawara ranks 125. Before him are Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ivan Shmelyov, Antonín Švehla, Olav Bjaaland, William D. Coolidge, and Antun Gustav Matoš. After him are Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, Wilhelm Kreis, Max Švabinský, Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Pyotr Chardynin, and Edwin Flack. Among people deceased in 1952, Sunao Tawara ranks 119. Before him are Elmo Lincoln, Petros Persakis, Yakov Frenkel, Paul Neményi, Solomon Lozovsky, and Fletcher Henderson. After him are D. S. Senanayake, Antti Tulenheimo, Jonas Staugaitis, Filippos Karvelas, Joseph Avenol, and Manuel Portela Valladares.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sunao Tawara ranks 1,114 out of 6,245. Before him are Yuki Kajiura (1965), Ikue Ōtani (1965), Ōsugi Sakae (1885), Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), and Hironobu Sakaguchi (1962). After him are Sanpei Shirato (1932), Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Ogata Kenzan (1663), Nozu Michitsura (1840), Yasuhito Endō (1980), and Seiko Matsuda (1962).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Japan

Among physicians born in Japan, Sunao Tawara ranks 12. Before him are Hiraga Gennai (1728), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Shinobu Ishihara (1879), Kiyoshi Shiga (1871), Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), and Kyusaku Ogino (1882). After him are Yoshioka Yayoi (1871), and Kei Okami (1859).

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