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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 108,559 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Bartholin is the 241st most popular physician (down from 186th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 194th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Physician.

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  • 57.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Thomas Bartholin ranks 241 out of 502. Before him are Neferkare Neby, John O'Keefe, Barry Marshall, Robert Lefkowitz, Frederik Ruysch, and Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol. After him are Carl Ludwig, Torsten Wiesel, François Magendie, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Thomas Addison, and August Oetker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1616, Thomas Bartholin ranks 6. Before him are John Wallis, Johann Jakob Froberger, Ferdinand Bol, Anne Gonzaga, and Carlo Dolci. After him are Andreas Gryphius, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Sébastien Bourdon, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Eustache Le Sueur, and Kuzma Minin. Among people deceased in 1680, Thomas Bartholin ranks 19. Before him are John George II, Elector of Saxony, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Samuel Butler, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, John Eudes, and Li Yu. After him are Per Brahe the Younger, Tokugawa Ietsuna, Joachim Neander, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, and John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Thomas Bartholin ranks 235 out of 1,612. Before him are Gillis Grafström (1893), Harry Nyquist (1889), Torbern Bergman (1735), Jan Guillou (1944), Joey Tempest (1963), and Göran Persson (1949). After him are Johann Patkul (1660), Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), Magdalena Andersson (1967), Gunnel Lindblom (1931), Georg Brandt (1694), and Stefan Edberg (1966).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Sweden

Among physicians born in Sweden, Thomas Bartholin ranks 5. Before him are Allvar Gullstrand (1862), Arvid Carlsson (1923), Ulf von Euler (1905), and Hans Rosling (1948). After him are Torsten Wiesel (1924), Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660), and Anders Tegnell (1956).

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