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Rudolf Virchow

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Rudolf Virchow

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Also known as Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow, Rudolph Virchow, Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow

German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)

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Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902) was a German male figure associated with medicine, humanities, art, philosophy, and political science. He had six children. His academic output includes 388 works, which have been cited 2,287 times, and he holds an h-index of 18. Other records list five works from Crossref and twenty works from Open Library.

Notable writings include *The peopling of the Philippines*, *Anthropological papers*, *Post-mortem examinations*, *Auf den Spuren der Antike*, and *Über die Phokomelen und das Bärenweib*. Virchow is recognized in the collections of the Royal Society and the American Academy Arts Sciences. He is also referenced by 537 other encyclopedia articles.

Virchow is associated with the genres of German, Germany, Hannover, Hanover, and NDW. He is the subject of a Commons category and gallery. His recorded quotes include statements regarding the lack of a dividing line between animal and human medicine, and the task of science to stake out the limits of the knowable.

Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, OpenAlex, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1821
Died
1902
Works
20

Top works

  • The peopling of the Philippines
  • Anthropological papers
  • Post-mortem examinations
  • Auf den Spuren der Antike
  • Über die Phokomelen und das Bärenweib

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1956-11-30
germangermanyhannoverhanoverndwneue deutsche welle

Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

18h-index
Works
388
Cited by
2,287

Research areas

MedicineHumanitiesArtPhilosophyPolitical science

Most cited works

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital

    · 1997 · cited 16,330x

  2. [14] Analysis of total phenols and other oxidation substrates and antioxidants by means of folin-ciocalteu reagent

    · 1999 · cited 14,058x

  3. 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

    · 2021 · cited 12,136x

  4. World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated

    · 2006 · cited 9,906x

  5. The use of partial least squares path modeling in international marketing

    · 2009 · cited 7,145x

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Quotes

  • “For if medicine is really to accomplish its great task, it must intervene in political and social life. It must point out the hindrances that impede the normal social functioning of vital processes, and effect their removal.”
  • “Medical statistics will be our standard of measurement: we will weigh life for life and see where the dead lie thicker, among the workers or among the privileged.”
  • “Liebt man sich wirklich, so ist es ja nicht schwer, die Toleranz zu üben, denn die Toleranz ist die Tochter der Liebe -- es ist die eigentlich christliche Eigenschaft, die freilich von der heutigen Christenwelt nicht geübt wird.”
  • “Between animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line—nor should there be.”
  • “Cellular pathology is not an end if one cannot see any alteration in the cell. Chemistry brings the clarification of living processes nearer than does anatomy. Each anatomical change must have been preceded by a chemical one.”
  • “The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.”

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Described at

Biografie, Rudolf Virchow

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Eintragstyp Personen ID 47 Titel Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.; Geheimer Medizinalrat Biographische Angaben 1843 Anstellung als Kompanie-Chirurg an der Charité; 1847/48 Anstellung an der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität; 1849-1856 Lehrstuhl für Pathologische Anatomie in Würzburg; 1856-1902 Anstellung an der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität; GND-Eintrag VIAF-Eintrag Geburtsdatum 13. Oktober 1821 Todesdatum 5. September 1902 Nachlass Humboldt Universität Berlin; Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie, Früh- und Urgeschichte; Staatsbibliothek Berlin; Studium Medizin Mitgliedschaft Königlich Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften; Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte; Leopoldina; mehrfache Mitgliedschaften in ausländischen wissenschaftlichen Akademien und Gesellschaften; Stellung ordentlicher Professor für Pathologische Anatomie und Allgemeine Pathologie Institution Institut für Pathologie Rudolf Virchow (Plastische Objekte) Sammlung am Centrum für Anatomie, Charité (Sammlungen) 2000 Objekte der Anatomischen Sammlung in das Pathologisch-Anatomisches Museum eingefügt Biografie, Eduard Hitzig (Personen) E. Hitzig Schüler von R. Virchow Foto, Porträt, Rudolf Virchow (2) (Bilddokumente) Fotografie Virchows Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum (BMM) der Charité (Sammlungen) Gründer des Pathologisch-anatomischen Museums Biografie, Emil DuBois-Reymond (Personen) Korrespondenz Marmorbüste, Rudolf Virchow (1) (Plastische Objekte) Marmorbüste Rudolf Virchows Foto, Porträt, Rudolf Virchow (1) (Bilddokumente) Porträt Lithographie, Porträt, Rudolf Virchow (1) (Bilddokumente) Porträt Lithographie, Porträt, Rudolf Virchow (2) (Bilddokumente) Porträt Biografie, Hans Virchow (Personen) Rudolf Virchow war Vater von Hans Virchow Biografie, Adolf Bastian (Personen) R. Virchow Lehrer von A. Bastian; Gemeinsame Gründung der Anthropologischen Gesellschaft Biografie, Friedrich Busch (Personen) R. Virchow Lehrer von F. Busch Biografie, Robert Koch (Personen) R. Virchow Lehrer von R. Koch Goldfisch mit "Melanosis" (Plastische Objekte) veterinärmedizinisches Sammlungsobjekt Virchows Unterkiefer mit "Winddorn", Hausrind (Plastische Objekte) veterinärmedizinisches Sammlungsobjekt Virchows

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Carl
Gender
male
Citizenship
Kingdom of Prussia
Place of birth
Świdwin
Place of death
Berlin
Child
Hans Virchow
Occupation
writer
Educated at
University of Würzburg
Employer
Charité
Political party
German Free-minded Party
Languages spoken
German
Native language
German
Doctoral advisor
Robert Froriep
Doctoral student
Edwin Klebs
Field of work
medicine
Image
Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow. Photograph by J. C. Schaarwächte Wellcome V0027292.jpg
Number of children
6
Work location
Berlin
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member of
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
birth name
Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow
described at URL
www.sammlungen.hu-berlin.de/objekte/-/47
Commons category
Rudolf Virchow
date of birth
1821-10-13
date of death
1902-09-05
topic's main category
Category:Rudolf Virchow
Commons gallery
Rudolf Virchow
place of burial
Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin
name in native language
Rudolf Virchow
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
cause of death
heart failure
student
Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen
writing language
German
contributed to creative work
Popular Science
Commons Creator page
Rudolf Virchow
P8168
Herøy Bridge
significant person
Adolf Bastian
manner of death
natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview

Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow (/ˈvɪərkoʊ, ˈfɪərxoʊ/ VEER-koh, FEER-khoh; German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈvɪʁço, - ˈfɪʁço]; 13 October 1821 – 5 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder of social medicine, and to his colleagues, the "Pope of medicine".

Virchow studied medicine at the Friedrich Wilhelm University under Johannes Peter Müller. While working at the Charité hospital, his investigation of the 1847–1848 typhus epidemic in Upper Silesia laid the foundation for public health in Germany, and paved the way for his political and social careers. From it, he coined a well known aphorism: "Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale". His participation in the Revolution of 1848 led to his expulsion from Charité the next year. He then published a newspaper Die Medizinische Reform (The Medical Reform). He took the first Chair of Pathological Anatomy at the University of Würzburg in 1849. After seven years, in 1856, Charité reinstated him to its new Institute for Pathology. He co-founded the political party Deutsche Fortschrittspartei, and was elected to the Prussian House of Representatives and won a seat in the Reichstag. His opposition to Otto von Bismarck's financial policy resulted in duel challenge by the latter. However, Virchow supported Bismarck in his anti-Catholic campaigns, which he named Kulturkampf ("culture struggle").

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