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Frederick Twort

1877 - 1950

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Frederick William Twort FRS (22 October 1877 – 20 March 1950) was an English bacteriologist and was the original discoverer in 1915 of bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria). He studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital, London, was superintendent of the Brown Institute for Animals (a pathology research centre), and was a professor of bacteriology at the University of London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Twort has received more than 71,253 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Frederick Twort is the 509th most popular physician (down from 429th in 2019), the 3,245th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,788th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Frederick Twort ranks 509 out of 502. Before him are Jean Alexandre Barré, Emil Zuckerkandl, Wilhelm Kühne, Gregorio Marañón, Richard Leach Maddox, and Gustav Hartlaub. After him are Hélène Sparrow, Oswaldo Cruz, Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, Wim Eijk, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, and Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Frederick Twort ranks 120. Before him are Georgy Sedov, René Navarre, Maurice Farman, Liao Zhongkai, Aleksey Remizov, and Camillo Caccia Dominioni. After him are Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Fritz Graebner, Wang Guowei, Maurice Costello, Otto Herschmann, and Andrejs Upīts. Among people deceased in 1950, Frederick Twort ranks 130. Before him are Ivan Shmelyov, Albert Ehrenstein, Alexander Tairov, Frederic Lewy, Giovanni Giorgi, and Charles Gmelin. After him are José Berraondo, Maurice Costello, Luise Fleck, Ransom E. Olds, Joe Fry, and Antonina Nezhdanova.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Twort ranks 3,245 out of 7,765. Before him are William Astbury (1898), Edwin Atherstone (1788), Kaya Scodelario (1992), Sydney Greenstreet (1879), Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914), and Dorothea Bate (1878). After him are Nick Park (1958), Matthew Garber (1956), Steve Coogan (1965), Brendan Coyle (1963), Peter Sinfield (1943), and Alison Moyet (1961).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Frederick Twort ranks 47. Before him are Richard Bright (1789), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), Robert Knox (1791), Thomas Francis Wade (1818), Ernest Starling (1866), and Richard Leach Maddox (1816). After him are Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), William Stukeley (1687), John Arbuthnot (1667), Astley Cooper (1768), Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (1783), and Sophia Jex-Blake (1840).

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