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E. Donnall Thomas

1920 - 2012

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Edward Donnall "Don" Thomas (March 15, 1920 – October 20, 2012) was an American physician, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and director emeritus of the clinical research division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. In 1990 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Joseph E. Murray for the development of cell and organ transplantation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. Donnall Thomas has received more than 152,912 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). E. Donnall Thomas is the 154th most popular physician (up from 176th in 2019), the 1,209th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,479th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Physician.

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  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.21

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  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, E. Donnall Thomas ranks 154 out of 502. Before him are André Frédéric Cournand, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, George H. Hitchings, John Langdon Down, Alan Hodgkin, and Ludwig Guttmann. After him are George Emil Palade, Fritz Klein, Magnus Hirschfeld, Waldemar Hoven, Sushruta, and Bernardo Houssay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, E. Donnall Thomas ranks 52. Before him are Sun Myung Moon, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Baruj Benacerraf, Walter Nowotny, Gunnar Gren, and Frank Sheeran. After him are George Porter, Lawrence Klein, Ivan Kozhedub, Alicia Alonso, Isaac Stern, and Prem Tinsulanonda. Among people deceased in 2012, E. Donnall Thomas ranks 46. Before him are Eduard Khil, Joseph Murray, Sun Myung Moon, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Etta James, and Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. After him are Rodney King, Lucio Dalla, Erland Josephson, Chadli Bendjedid, Chavela Vargas, and F. Sherwood Rowland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, E. Donnall Thomas ranks 1,209 out of 18,182. Before him are J. K. Simmons (1955), Vincente Minnelli (1903), Stanley Kramer (1913), Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Harry Harlow (1905), and Idina Menzel (1971). After him are Bruce Dern (1936), Arthur Kornberg (1918), Mike Markkula (1942), Mary Jackson (1921), Rodney King (1965), and John Gotti (1940).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, E. Donnall Thomas ranks 18. Before him are Joseph Murray (1919), Robin Cook (1940), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Louis Ignarro (1941), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), and George H. Hitchings (1905). After him are Joseph Erlanger (1874), Michael Stuart Brown (1941), Anthony Fauci (1940), Patch Adams (1945), George Whipple (1878), and Henry Heimlich (1920).

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