1799 - 1851
Vincenz Priessnitz, also written Prießnitz (sometimes in German Vinzenz, in English Vincent, in Czech Vincenc; 4 October 1799 – 26 November 1851) was a peasant farmer in Gräfenberg, Austrian Silesia, who is generally considered the founder of modern hydrotherapy, which is used in alternative and orthodox medicine. Priessnitz stressed remedies such as vegetarian food, air, exercise, rest, water, and traditional medicine. He is thus also credited with laying the foundations of what became known as Nature Cure, although it has been noted that his main focus was on hydrotherapeutic techniques. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vincenz Priessnitz has received more than 81,570 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vincenz Priessnitz is the 287th most popular physician, the 254th most popular biography from Czechia and the 3rd most popular Czech Physician.
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Among physicians, Vincenz Priessnitz ranks 287 out of 502. Before him are Kálmán Kalocsay, Gavriil Ilizarov, Hilary Koprowski, Franciscus Donders, Rembert Dodoens, and Claus Schilling. After him are William Osler, Jean-Baptiste Denys, Eugene Botkin, Harvey Cushing, Michael DeBakey, and Christian Bohr.
1891 - 1976
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 281
1921 - 1992
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 282
1916 - 2013
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 283
1818 - 1889
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 284
1517 - 1585
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 285
1871 - 1946
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 286
1799 - 1851
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 287
1849 - 1919
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 288
1643 - 1704
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 289
1865 - 1918
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 290
1869 - 1939
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 291
1908 - 2008
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 292
1855 - 1911
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 293
Among people born in 1799, Vincenz Priessnitz ranks 20. Before him are Rodolphe Töpffer, Karl Adolph von Basedow, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, John Lindley, Countess of Ségur, and Princess Maria Anna of Saxony. After him are Almeida Garrett, Jedediah Smith, Duchess Amelia of Württemberg, René Caillié, Duchess Marie of Württemberg, and François-Auguste Biard. Among people deceased in 1851, Vincenz Priessnitz ranks 23. Before him are Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Mikhail Lazarev, Albert Lortzing, Leopold, Prince of Salerno, and Karl Lachmann. After him are Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, Karl Gützlaff, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Lorenz Oken, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, and Göran Wahlenberg.
1799 - 1846
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 14
1799 - 1854
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 15
1799 - 1869
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 16
1799 - 1865
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 17
1799 - 1874
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 18
1799 - 1832
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 19
1799 - 1851
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 20
1799 - 1854
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 21
1799 - 1831
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 22
1799 - 1848
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 23
1799 - 1838
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 24
1799 - 1860
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 25
1799 - 1882
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 26
1785 - 1851
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 17
1783 - 1851
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 18
1788 - 1851
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 19
1801 - 1851
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 20
1790 - 1851
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 21
1793 - 1851
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 22
1799 - 1851
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 23
1772 - 1851
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 24
1803 - 1851
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 25
1770 - 1851
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 26
1779 - 1851
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 27
1767 - 1851
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 28
1780 - 1851
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 29
Among people born in Czechia, Vincenz Priessnitz ranks 254 out of 973. Before him are Helena Vondráčková (1947), Jan Hammer (1948), Hugo Meisl (1881), Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (1031), Antonio Rosetti (1746), and Silvia Saint (1976). After him are Dominik Duka (1943), Gabriel von Max (1840), Pavel Kohout (1928), Jan Jindra (1932), Josef Lada (1887), and Marta Kubišová (1942).
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 248
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 249
1881 - 1937
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 250
1031 - 1061
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 251
1746 - 1792
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 252
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 253
1799 - 1851
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 254
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 255
1840 - 1915
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 256
1928 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 257
1932 - 2021
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 258
1887 - 1957
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 259
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 260
Among physicians born in Czechia, Vincenz Priessnitz ranks 3. Before him are Carl von Rokitansky (1804) and Eduard Bloch (1872). After him are Joseph Škoda (1805), Tomáš Špidlík (1919), Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra (1816), Arnold Pick (1851), Julius Vincenz von Krombholz (1782), Friedrich von Berchtold (1781), and Emil Holub (1847).
1804 - 1878
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1
1872 - 1945
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 2
1799 - 1851
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 3
1805 - 1881
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 4
1919 - 2010
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 5
1816 - 1880
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 6
1851 - 1924
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 7
1782 - 1843
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 8
1781 - 1876
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 9
1847 - 1902
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 10