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William Gull

1816 - 1890

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Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet (31 December 1816 – 29 January 1890) was an English physician. Of modest family origins, he established a lucrative private practice and served as Governor of Guy's Hospital, Fullerian Professor of Physiology and President of the Clinical Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Gull has received more than 261,032 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). William Gull is the 437th most popular physician (down from 414th in 2019), the 2,398th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,395th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of William Gulls by language

Over the past year William Gull has had the most page views in the with 40,856 views, followed by German (7,418), and Spanish (6,775). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (173.37%), Persian (37.76%), and Southern Azerbaijani (25.00%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Gull ranks 437 out of 726. Before him are Petrus Alphonsi, Caspar Peucer, Johann Lukas Schönlein, Oskar Vogt, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, and Wilhelm Fliess. After him are Hulusi Behçet, Vladimir Filatov, Dorotea Bucca, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, Diocles of Carystus, and Peter C. Doherty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, William Gull ranks 30. Before him are Jean Cabanis, Charles-Denis Bourbaki, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, August Karl von Goeben, Ion Ghica, and Jean Frédéric Frenet. After him are Emanuel Leutze, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Moritz Steinschneider, Wazir Akbar Khan, Jubal Early, and Paul Gervais. Among people deceased in 1890, William Gull ranks 39. Before him are Ivan Mažuranić, Franz Lachner, Alexander Mozhaysky, Ignaz von Döllinger, Alexander Parkes, and James Nasmyth. After him are Octave Feuillet, Otto August Rosenberger, Marianne North, Apollonie Sabatier, Prince Karl of Auersperg, and Johann Georg Halske.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Gull ranks 2,398 out of 8,785. Before him are Jude Bellingham (2003), Dora Boothby (1881), Dorian Yates (1962), Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1758), Adam Clayton (1960), and Hayley Atwell (1982). After him are John Williams (1903), Toby Jones (1966), Tania Mallet (1941), David Crystal (1941), Basil Bernstein (1924), and Mary Ann Cotton (1832).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, William Gull ranks 33. Before him are Clarke Abel (1780), James Braid (1795), Robert Darwin (1766), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), William Bayliss (1860), and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836). After him are William Hunter (1718), Harry Seeley (1839), Robert Liston (1794), John Crawfurd (1783), James Young Simpson (1811), and Richard Bright (1789).

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