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Wilhelm Fliess

1858 - 1928

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Wilhelm Fliess (German: Wilhelm Fließ; 24 October 1858 – 13 October 1928) was a German otolaryngologist who practised in Berlin. He developed the pseudoscientific theory of human biorhythms and a possible nasogenital connection that have not been accepted by modern scientists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Fliess has received more than 163,563 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Wilhelm Fliess is the 436th most popular physician (down from 387th in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from Poland (down from 633rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Polish Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

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  • 52.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Wilhelm Fliesses by language

Over the past year Wilhelm Fliess has had the most page views in the with 25,165 views, followed by French (5,169), and Spanish (4,095). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Macedonian (248.84%), Simple English (76.78%), and Esperanto (58.50%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Wilhelm Fliess ranks 436 out of 726. Before him are Zilda Arns, Petrus Alphonsi, Caspar Peucer, Johann Lukas Schönlein, Oskar Vogt, and Amleto Giovanni Cicognani. After him are William Gull, Hulusi Behçet, Vladimir Filatov, Dorotea Bucca, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, and Diocles of Carystus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Wilhelm Fliess ranks 84. Before him are Anthon van Rappard, Dhondo Keshav Karve, Cipriano Castro, Maximilian Njegovan, Sébastien Faure, and Richard Bergh. After him are Hans Meyer, Edmond Aman-Jean, José Miguel Gómez, Helen Churchill Candee, Léon Serpollet, and Agnes Baden-Powell. Among people deceased in 1928, Wilhelm Fliess ranks 66. Before him are Anita Berber, Arnold Rothstein, Moritz von Auffenberg, Gustave Ador, Alexander Trepov, and Émile Fayolle. After him are Richard F. Outcault, Ludwig von Pastor, Franz Roubaud, Theodor Curtius, Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, and Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Wilhelm Fliess ranks 729 out of 1,694. Before him are Gisela Hahn (1943), Bernhard Grzimek (1909), Edward Bernard Raczyński (1891), Hypatius Pociej (1541), Zofia Posmysz (1923), and Józef Glemp (1929). After him are Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815), Stanisław Konarski (1700), Kurt Feldt (1897), Wincenty Kadłubek (1150), Janusz Kusociński (1907), and Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Poland

Among physicians born in Poland, Wilhelm Fliess ranks 15. Before him are Leon Pinsker (1821), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), Jan Jesenius (1566), Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855), Hilary Koprowski (1916), and Robert Remak (1815). After him are Ludwik Rajchman (1881), Kazimierz Bein (1872), Max Gerson (1881), Zofia Zamenhof (1889), Eugene Lazowski (1913), and Adam Zamenhof (1888).

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