PHYSICIAN

Edward Angle

1855 - 1930

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Edward Hartley Angle (June 1, 1855 – August 11, 1930) was an American dentist, widely regarded as "the father of American orthodontics". He was trained as a dentist, but made orthodontics his speciality and dedicated his life to standardizing the teaching and practice of orthodontics. He founded the Angle School of Orthodontia in 1899 in St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Angle has received more than 149,249 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Angle is the 638th most popular physician, the 8,765th most popular biography from United States and the 78th most popular American Physician.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Edward Angle ranks 638 out of 726. Before him are Fidel Pagés, Archie Cochrane, Jean Alexandre Barré, George E. P. Box, Robert Atkins, and Thomas Lewis. After him are Maria Vorontsova, Bernhard Zondek, Denton Cooley, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, Almroth Wright, and Paul Möhring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Edward Angle ranks 99. Before him are Henry Nicholas Ridley, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, William Friese-Greene, Pierre Puiseux, August Spies, and Clinton Hart Merriam. After him are Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová, John McKenna, Lidiya Tseraskaya, Edward William Nelson, Sarah E. Goode, and Arthur Wing Pinero. Among people deceased in 1930, Edward Angle ranks 118. Before him are Eduard David, Paul Raud, Rainer Ludwig Claisen, Ernest Henry Wilson, Gombojab Tsybikov, and Eligio Ayala. After him are Varlam Avanesov, Sigurd Ibsen, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Maria Polydouri, Ivan Yakovlev, and Peter Warlock.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Angle ranks 8,765 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Garfield (1963), Michelle Forbes (1965), Nana Visitor (1957), Peggy Ann Garner (1932), Steve Jackson (1953), and Darleane C. Hoffman (1926). After him are Booker T. Jones (1944), William Mapother (1965), Jenna Haze (1982), Dan Harrington (1945), Al Unser (1939), and Jackie DeShannon (1941).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Edward Angle ranks 78. Before him are Walter Reed (1851), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), Jill Stein (1950), William C. Gorgas (1854), William H. Welch (1850), and Robert Atkins (1930). After him are Denton Cooley (1920), Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878), John Heysham Gibbon (1903), James Ewing (1866), Thomas Starzl (1926), and Priscilla Chan (1985).

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