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George Huntington

1850 - 1916

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George Huntington (April 9, 1850 – March 3, 1916) was an American physician who contributed a classic clinical description of the disease that bears his name—Huntington's disease. Huntington described this condition in the first of only two scientific papers he ever wrote. He wrote this paper when he was 22, a year after receiving his medical degree from Columbia University in New York. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Huntington has received more than 102,238 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). George Huntington is the 308th most popular physician (up from 321st in 2019), the 2,920th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,973rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, George Huntington ranks 308 out of 502. Before him are Helen B. Taussig, Charles Best, Aletta Jacobs, Leopold Auenbrugger, Hinrich Lichtenstein, and Randy Schekman. After him are Dorothea Erxleben, Antoine Louis, Johann Conrad Dippel, Mondino de Luzzi, Thomas Szasz, and Ernest Duchesne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, George Huntington ranks 39. Before him are Jack Daniel, Giuseppe Mercalli, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Ebenezer Howard, John Collier, and Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia. After him are Nikolai Golitsyn, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Kate Chopin, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Alexander von Linsingen. Among people deceased in 1916, George Huntington ranks 72. Before him are Huang Xing, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Saki, Marie Bracquemond, James Connolly, and Roger Casement. After him are Ota Benga, Patrick Pearse, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Higaonna Kanryō, Artúr Görgei, and Oskar Backlund.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Huntington ranks 2,920 out of 18,182. Before him are George Mikan (1924), Melissa McBride (1965), John Kennedy Toole (1937), Robert Garrett (1875), Nichelle Nichols (1932), and Frank Stallone (1950). After him are Clarence Brown (1890), Judith Resnik (1949), Carol W. Greider (1961), Audre Lorde (1934), Stephen Smale (1930), and Terence McKenna (1946).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, George Huntington ranks 37. Before him are Harvey Cushing (1869), Michael DeBakey (1908), Andrew Taylor Still (1828), Helen B. Taussig (1898), Charles Best (1899), and Randy Schekman (1948). After him are William Bates (1860), Horace Wells (1815), Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), James Curtis Hepburn (1815), Gregg L. Semenza (1956), and Richard Axel (1946).

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