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Thomas Bartholin

1616 - 1680

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Thomas Bartholin (; Latinized as Thomas Bartholinus; 20 October 1616 – 4 December 1680) was a Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian. He discovered the lymphatic system in humans and advanced the theory of refrigeration anesthesia, being the first to describe it scientifically. Thomas Bartholin came from a family that has become famous for its pioneering scientists, twelve of whom became professors at the University of Copenhagen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Bartholin has received more than 113,423 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Thomas Bartholin is the 216th most popular physician (up from 241st in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 234th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Physician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Thomas Bartholin ranks 216 out of 726. Before him are Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, August Oetker, Mungo Park, Adolf Eugen Fick, Fritz Klein, and Soranus of Ephesus. After him are Franciscus Sylvius, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Hans Rosling, Carl von Rokitansky, Karl Adolph von Basedow, and Philipp Franz von Siebold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1616, Thomas Bartholin ranks 6. Before him are John Wallis, Ferdinand Bol, Carlo Dolci, Johann Jakob Froberger, and Anne Gonzaga. After him are Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Andreas Gryphius, Sébastien Bourdon, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Eustache Le Sueur, and Kuzma Minin. Among people deceased in 1680, Thomas Bartholin ranks 20. Before him are John Eudes, Tokugawa Ietsuna, La Voisin, John George II, Elector of Saxony, Ivan Sirko, and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer. After him are Per Brahe the Younger, Li Yu, Peter Lely, Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, Joachim Neander, and Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Thomas Bartholin ranks 221 out of 1,879. Before him are Loreen (1983), Catherine Vasa of Sweden (1539), Canute II of Sweden (1200), Jussi Björling (1911), Henrik Larsson (1971), and Eva Ekeblad (1724). After him are Karin Boye (1900), Ingemar Johansson (1932), Georg Brandt (1694), Per Gessle (1959), Hans Rosling (1948), and Lena Olin (1955).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Sweden

Among physicians born in Sweden, Thomas Bartholin ranks 4. Before him are Allvar Gullstrand (1862), Ulf von Euler (1905), and Arvid Carlsson (1923). After him are Hans Rosling (1948), Torsten Wiesel (1924), Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660), Anders Tegnell (1956), and Anna Bågenholm (1970).

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