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19th-century physicians

107 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adnan AdıvarAuthor · BooksAbdülhak Adnan Adıvar (1882 – 1 July 1955), also known as Adnan Bey, was a Turkish politician, writer, historian, and medical doctor.
Adolf BastianAuthor · BooksAdolf Philipp Wilhelm Bastian (26 June 18262 February 1905) was a 19th-century polymath remembered best for his contributions to the development of ethnography and the development of…
Ahmed Zaki Abu ShadiAuthor · BooksAhmed Zaki Abu Shadi (February 9, 1892 – April 12, 1955 in Cairo) was an Egyptian Romantic poet, publisher, medical doctor, bacteriologist and bee scientist.
Albert von Schrenck-NotzingAuthor · BooksAlbert Freiherr von Schrenck-Notzing (18 May 1862 – 12 February 1929) was a German physician, psychiatrist and notable psychical researcher, who devoted his time to the study of paranormal…
Alexander BogdanovAuthor · BooksAlexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (– 7 April 1928), born Alexander Malinovsky, was a Russian and later Soviet physician, philosopher, science fiction writer, and Bolshevik revolutionary.
Alexander SkeneArtist · SculptureAlexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (17 June 1837 – 4 July 1900) was a prominent British-American gynecologist who made the first modern description of what would later become known as…
Alfons GabrielAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlfons Gabriel (1894–1976) was an Austrian geographer, explorer and travel writer who made several trips to the deserts of Iran, in 1927, 1928, 1933, and 1937.
Alfred MeissnerAuthor · BooksAlfred Meissner (15 October 1821, Teplitz – 29 May 1885, Bregenz) was an Austrian poet.
Ali bey HuseynzadeAuthor · BooksAli bey Huseyn oghlu Huseynzade (Əli bəy Hüseyn oğlu Hüseynzadə; Hüseyinzade Ali Turan;
Almroth WrightAuthor · BooksSir Almroth Edward Wright FRCSI (10 August 1861 – 30 April 1947) was an English bacteriologist and immunologist.[2]
Antônio Peregrino Maciel Monteiro, 2nd Baron of ItamaracáAuthor · BooksAntônio Peregrino Maciel Monteiro, 2nd Baron of Itamaracá (April 30, 1804 – January 5, 1868) was a Brazilian poet, orator, diplomat, politician, physician and journalist.
António Teixeira de SousaAuthor · BooksAntónio Teixeira de Sousa, 2nd Count of Sousa Palmela (5 May 1857 – 5 June 1917) was a Portuguese medical doctor and politician during the Constitutional Monarchy.
Arthur RobisonAuthor · BooksArthur Robison (June 25, 1883 – October 20, 1935) was a German film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 20 films between 1916 and 1935.
Ašaĺči OkiAuthor · BooksAšaĺči Oki was a Russian and Soviet poet, writer, ophthalmologist and physician (1898–1973). She died in Alnashi.
August Carl Joseph CordaArtist · PaintingsAugust Carl Joseph Corda (15 November 1809 – September 1849) was a Czech botanist and mycologist. He is considered the founder of Czech scientific illustration.
Bolesław Wieniawa-DługoszowskiAuthor · BooksBolesław Ignacy Florentyn Wieniawa-Długoszowski (26 July 1881 – 1 July 1942)) was a Polish general, adjutant to Chief of State Józef Piłsudski, politician, freemason, diplomat, poet, artist…
Carl Heinrich StratzPhotographer · PhotographyCarl Heinrich Stratz (14 June 1858 in Odessa – 21 April 1924 in the Hague) was a German-Russian gynecologist who was one of the first to research human growth and development.
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y QuesadaAuthor · BooksCarlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (August 12, 1871 – March 28, 1939) was a Cuban writer, politician, diplomat, and President of Cuba.
Charles NicolleAuthor · BooksCharles Jules Henri Nicolle (21 September 1866 – 28 February 1936) was a French bacteriologist who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of…
Charles RichetAuthor · BooksCharles Robert Richet (25 August 1850 – 4 December 1935) was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer.
Daniel Garrison BrintonAuthor · BooksDaniel Garrison Brinton (May 13, 1837July 31, 1899) was an American archeologist, ethnologist, and surgeon.
Dimitrios GolemisAuthor · BooksDimitrios (or Demetrius) P. Golemis (15 November 1874– 9 January 1941) was a Greek athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Elizabeth BlackwellAuthor · BooksElizabeth Blackwell (3 February 182131 May 1910) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the…
Elizabeth Garrett AndersonAuthor · BooksElizabeth Garrett Anderson (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) was an English physician and suffragist.
Elizaveta PolonskayaAuthor · BooksElizaveta Grigorevna Polonskaya (Елизаве́та Григо́рьевна Поло́нская), born Movshenson
Emil AarestrupAuthor · BooksCarl Ludvig Emil Aarestrup (4 December 1800 – 21 July 1856) was a Danish medical doctor and poet, who had just one single volume of poetry published throughout his lifetime, yet this gave…
Émile-Joseph-Maurice ChevéPerson · Music memorabiliaÉmile-Joseph-Maurice Chevé (May 31, 1804 – August 25, 1864) was a French music theorist and music teacher.
Ernst WeissAuthor · BooksDr Ernst Weiss (German: Weiß, August 28, 1882 – June 15, 1940) was an Austrian physician and author of Jewish descent.
Étienne-Jules MareyPhotographer · PhotographyÉtienne-Jules Marey (lang; 5 March 1830, Beaune, Côte-d'Or – 15 May 1904, Paris) was a French scientist, physiologist, and chronophotographer.
Eugène SueAuthor · BooksMarie-Joseph "Eugène" Sue (26 January 18043 August 1857) was a French novelist. He was one of several authors who popularized the genre of the serial novel in France with his very popular…
Fedir BohatyrchukAuthor · BooksFedir Parfenovych Bohatyrchuk (also Bogatirchuk, Bohatirchuk, Bogatyrtschuk; Fyodor Parfenyevich Bogatyrchuk;
Ferenc ToldyAuthor · BooksFerenc Toldy (born Franz Karl Joseph Schedel, August 10, 1805, in Buda - December 10, 1875, in Budapest) was a literary critic from the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary.
Franz HartmannAuthor · BooksFranz Hartmann (22 November 1838 – 7 August 1912) was a German medical doctor, theosophist, occultist, geomancer, astrologer, and author.
Franz OppenheimerAuthor · BooksFranz Oppenheimer (March 30, 1864 – September 30, 1943) was a German-American sociologist and political economist, who published also in the area of the fundamental sociology of the state.
Franz UngerAuthor · BooksFranz Joseph Andreas Nicolaus Unger (30 November 1800 in Gut Amthof near village Leutschach in Styria, Austria – 13 February 1870 in Graz) was an Austrian botanist, paleontologist and plant…
Frederick BantingAuthor · BooksSir Frederick Grant Banting (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian pharmacologist, orthopedist, and field surgeon.
Frederik van EedenAuthor · BooksFrederik Willem van Eeden (3 April 1860, Haarlem – 16 June 1932, Bussum) was a Dutch writer and psychiatrist.
Friedrich Reinhold KreutzwaldAuthor · BooksFriedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (26 December 1803 – 25 August 1882) was an Estonian writer who is considered to be the father of the national literature for the country.
Friedrich Wilhelm WeberAuthor · BooksFriedrich Wilhelm Weber (25 December 1813 – 5 April 1894) was a German doctor, politician of the Prussian House of Deputies, and poet.
Friedrich WolfAuthor · BooksFriedrich Wolf (23 December 1888 – 5 October 1953) was a German doctor and politically engaged writer. From 1949 to 1951, he served as East Germany's first ambassador to Poland.
Fritz Reck-MalleczewenAuthor · BooksFriedrich Percyval Reck-Malleczewen (11 August 1884 – February 1945) was a German author.
Georges DuhamelAuthor · Books
Géza CsáthPerson · Music memorabiliaGéza Csáth (lang; born József Brenner; February 13, 1887 – September 11, 1919) was a Hungarian writer, playwright, musician, music critic, psychiatrist, and physician.
Giorgio RosterPhotographer · PhotographyGiorgio Roster (May 20, 1843 – January 17, 1927) was an Italian scientist and photographer.
Gottfried BennAuthor · BooksGottfried Benn (2 May 1886 – 7 July 1956) was a German poet, essayist, and physician. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
Guillaume Duchenne de BoulognePhotographer · PhotographyGuillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne) (September 17, 1806, in Boulogne-sur-Mer – September 15, 1875, in Paris) was a French neurologist who revived Luigi Galvani's research and…
Gustav BrühlAuthor · BooksGustav Brühl (born 31 May 1826 in Herdorf, Prussia; died 16 February 1903 in Cincinnati) was an American physician, poet and archaeologist.
Hans F. K. GüntherAuthor · BooksHans Friedrich Karl Günther (16 February 1891 – 25 September 1968), popularly known as Hans F. K.
Hans Hermann BehrAuthor · BooksHans Hermann Behr (August 18, 1818, Köthen – March 6, 1904, San Francisco) was a German-American doctor, entomologist and botanist.
Heinrich HoffmannIllustrator · IllustrationHeinrich Hoffmann (June 13, 1809 – September 20, 1894) was a German psychiatrist, who also wrote some short works including Der Struwwelpeter, an illustrated book portraying children…
Henri CazalisAuthor · BooksHenri Cazalis (French: [kazalis]; 9 March 1840, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise – 1 July 1909, Geneva) was a French physician who was a symbolist poet and man of letters and wrote under…
Henri Victor RegnaultPhotographer · PhotographyHenri Victor Regnault ForMemRS (ɑ̃ʁi viktɔʁ ʁəɲo; 21 July 1810 – 19 January 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of…
Hugo MünsterbergAuthor · BooksHugo Münsterberg (lang; June 1, 1863 – December 16, 1916) was a German-American psychologist.
Ibrahim NagiAuthor · BooksIbrahim Nagi (December 31, 1898 – March 27, 1953) was an Egyptian polymath; a poet, author, translator, and practicing medical doctor.
J. C. MardrusAuthor · BooksJoseph Charles Mardrus, otherwise known as "Jean-Charles Mardrus" (1868–1949), was a French physician, poet, and noted translator.
Jabez HoggPhotographer · PhotographyJabez Hogg (4 April 1817 – 23 April 1899) was an English ophthalmic surgeon and early photographer.
James McCune SmithAuthor · BooksJames McCune Smith (April 18, 1813 – November 17, 1865) was an American medical doctor, apothecary, abolitionist and author. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree.
Jaroslav DurychAuthor · BooksJaroslav Durych (2 December 1886 – 7 April 1962) was a Czech prose writer, poet, playwright, journalist, and military surgeon.
Johannes VaresAuthor · BooksJohannes Vares (pen name Barbarus or Vares-Barbarus 12 January 1890 [O.S. 31 December 1889] – 29 November 1946) was an Estonian and Soviet poet, medical doctor, and politician.
John McCraeAuthor · BooksLieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of…
José Gualberto PadillaAuthor · BooksJosé Gualberto Padilla (July 12, 1829 – May 26, 1896), also known as El Caribe, was a physician, poet, journalist, politician, and advocate for Puerto Rico's independence.
Julian Clarence LeviEngraver · PrintsJulian Clarence Levi (December 8, 1874 – August 23, 1971) was an American architect, watercolor painter, and philanthropist.
Júlio DantasAuthor · BooksJúlio Dantas, GCC (1876 – 25 May 1962) was a Portuguese doctor, poet, journalist, politician, diplomat and playwright.
Kálmán KalocsayAuthor · Books
Karen HorneyAuthor · BooksKaren Horney (lang; Danielsen; 16 September 1885 – 4 December 1952) was a German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States during her later career.
Karl KochAuthor · BooksKarl Heinrich Emil Koch (6 June 1809 – 25 May 1879) was a German botanist. He is best known for his botanical explorations in the Caucasus region, including northeast Turkey.
Laza LazarevićAuthor · BooksLazar "Laza" Lazarević (Лазаp Лаза Лазаревић, 13 May 1851 – 10 January 1891) was a Serbian writer, psychiatrist, and neurologist.
Louis FiguierAuthor · BooksIllustration — Louis Figuier
Martin KukučínAuthor · BooksIllustration — Martin Kukučín
Max NordauAuthor · BooksMax Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld; 29 July 1849 – 23 January 1923) was a Jewish Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic.[1] He was a co-founder of the Zionist…
Max ThorekPhotographer · PhotographyMax Thorek (10 March 1880 – 25 January 1960) was a Hungarian-American surgeon best known for founding Thorek Memorial Hospital, the International College of Surgeons, and the International…
Mikhail BulgakovAuthor · BooksMikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (buul-GAH-kof; Russian: Михаи́л Афана́сьевич Булга́ков, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf] 15 May [O.S.
Oliver Wendell HolmesAuthor · BooksOliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston.
Otto GrossAuthor · BooksOtto Hans Adolf Gross (lang; 17 March 1877 – 13 February 1920) was an Austrian psychoanalyst.
Paul GachetArtist · PaintingsPaul-Ferdinand Gachet (30 July 1828 – 9 January 1909) was a French physician most famous for treating the painter Vincent van Gogh during his last weeks in Auvers-sur-Oise.
Paul RéeAuthor · BooksPaul Ludwig Carl Heinrich Rée (21 November 1849 – 28 October 1901) was a German author, physician, philosopher, and friend of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Pierre-Paul Émile RouxPhotographer · PhotographyPierre Paul Émile Roux FRS (pjɛʁ pɔl emil ʁu; 17 December 18533 November 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist.
Raymond SabouraudArtist · SculptureRaymond Jacques Adrien Sabouraud (24 November 1864 – 4 February 1938) was a French physician born in Nantes.
Richard Leach MaddoxPhotographer · PhotographyRichard Leach Maddox (4 August 1816 – 11 May 1902) was an English photographer and physician who invented lightweight gelatin negative dry plates for photography in 1871.
Rıza Tevfik BölükbaşıAuthor · BooksRıza Tevfik Bey (Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934; 1869 – 31 December 1949) was an Ottoman and later Turkish philosopher, poet, politician of liberal signature…
Robert MacnishAuthor · BooksIllustration — Robert Macnish by Daniel Maclise
Samuel SmilesAuthor · BooksSamuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a British author and government reformer.
Santiago Ramón y CajalPhotographer · Photography
Siegfried KapperAuthor · BooksIllustration — Siegfried Kapper (1870), by Friedrich Kriehuber
Sophia Jex-BlakeAuthor · BooksSophia Louisa Jex-Blake (21 January 1840 – 7 January 1912) was an English physician, teacher, and feminist.
Thomas Lovell BeddoesAuthor · BooksThomas Lovell Beddoes (30 June 1803 – 26 January 1849) was an English poet, dramatist and physician.
Titus ToblerAuthor · BooksTitus Tobler (25 July 1806 – 21 January 1877) was a Swiss Oriental scholar.
Tivadar SorosAuthor · Books
Vasile VoiculescuAuthor · BooksVasile Voiculescu (vaˈsile vojkuˈlesku, 27 November 1884 – 26 April 1963) was a Romanian poet, short-story writer, playwright, and physician who wrote under the literary pseudonym V.
Vera GedroitsAuthor · BooksPrincess Vera Ignatievna Gedroits (Vera Ignatyevna Gedroyts; 19 April 1870 – March 1932), also known by her pen name Sergei Gedroits, was a Russian doctor of medicine and author.
Vicente Mejía ColindresAuthor · Books
Victor SegalenPhotographer · PhotographyVictor Segalen (14 January 1878 – 21 May 1919) was a French naval doctor, ethnographer, archeologist, writer, poet, explorer, art-theorist, linguist and literary critic.
Vladimir DalAuthor · Books
Wilhelm ReichAuthor · BooksWilhelm Reich (lang; 24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud.
William Carlos WilliamsAuthor · BooksWilliam Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism.
William JamesAuthor · BooksWilliam James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist.

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