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Almroth Wright

1861 - 1947

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Sir Almroth Edward Wright (10 August 1861 – 30 April 1947) was a British bacteriologist and immunologist. He is notable for developing a system of anti-typhoid fever inoculation, recognizing early on that antibiotics would create resistant bacteria, and being a strong advocate for preventive medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Almroth Wright has received more than 89,987 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Almroth Wright is the 643rd most popular physician, the 4,507th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 60th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Almroth Wright ranks 643 out of 726. Before him are Thomas Lewis, Edward Angle, Maria Vorontsova, Bernhard Zondek, Denton Cooley, and Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson. After him are Paul Möhring, Eugène Olivier, Angeliki Panagiotatou, Dean Mahomed, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, and Sophia Jex-Blake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Almroth Wright ranks 142. Before him are Claudio Williman, Friedrich Engel, Luigi Galleani, Federico De Roberto, Aimé Haegeman, and Louis Eugène Roy. After him are Thomas Heath, Zoltán Ambrus, Emiliano González Navero, José Gil Fortoul, Vasily Goncharov, and Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt. Among people deceased in 1947, Almroth Wright ranks 192. Before him are Reginald Innes Pocock, Tomás Berreta, Charles Gondouin, Yngvar Bryn, Julio Lores, and Kálmán Tihanyi. After him are Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Joseph Barcroft, Georg Hoffmann, Joseph Cook, Ercole Olgeni, and David Samanez Ocampo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Almroth Wright ranks 4,507 out of 8,785. Before him are Emily Hobhouse (1860), Luke Goss (1968), Edward Newton (1832), James Frain (1968), Morton Betts (1847), and Geoffrey de Havilland (1882). After him are Zak Starkey (1965), Owain Yeoman (1978), William Sherard (1659), Julian Symons (1912), Colin Salmon (1962), and Matthew Lewis (1989).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Almroth Wright ranks 60. Before him are Astley Cooper (1768), Emily Blackwell (1826), Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), Archie Cochrane (1909), George E. P. Box (1919), and Thomas Lewis (1881). After him are Sophia Jex-Blake (1840), Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), Thomas C. Jerdon (1811), Ran Laurie (1915), Richard Doll (1912), and Flora Murray (1869).

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