PHYSICIAN

Wilhelm His Sr.

1831 - 1904

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Wilhelm His Sr. (9 July 1831 – 1 May 1904) was a Swiss anatomist and professor who invented the microtome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm His Sr. has received more than 30,790 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm His Sr. is the 523rd most popular physician, the 433rd most popular biography from Switzerland and the 15th most popular Swiss Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 31k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Wilhelm His Sr. ranks 523 out of 726. Before him are Sunao Tawara, Édouard Gagnon, Frederic Lewy, Alfred Blalock, Nikolai Semashko, and Pierre Marie. After him are Herman Snellen, Zhong Nanshan, Henri Dutrochet, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, Emil Zuckerkandl, and Maryna Poroshenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Wilhelm His Sr. ranks 82. Before him are Alexandre Falguière, Edward Routh, Jovan Ristić, Heinrich von Stephan, Ludvig Norman, and Frederick Townsend Ward. After him are Salomon Jadassohn, Ippolito Nievo, Archibald Scott Couper, Paul du Bois-Reymond, Fran Levstik, and Amelia Edwards. Among people deceased in 1904, Wilhelm His Sr. ranks 72. Before him are Karl Alfred von Zittel, Larin Paraske, Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Miltiadis Gouskos, Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, and Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Émile Duclaux, Chief Joseph, Marcus Goldman, Nikiforos Lytras, Manuel Candamo, and Rodolfo Amando Philippi.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Wilhelm His Sr. ranks 433 out of 1,015. Before him are Philipp Etter (1891), Constant Fornerod (1819), Granit Xhaka (1992), Pier Francesco Mola (1612), Johann III Bernoulli (1744), and Théodore Flournoy (1854). After him are René Felber (1933), Josef Munzinger (1791), Simeon Bavier (1825), Charles Antenen (1929), Walter Wild (1872), and Walther von Wartburg (1888).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Switzerland

Among physicians born in Switzerland, Wilhelm His Sr. ranks 15. Before him are Albrecht von Haller (1708), Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867), Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777), and Adolf Meyer (1866). After him are Paolo Macchiarini (1958), Thomas Erastus (1524), and Daniel Mojon (1963).

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