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Greene Vardiman Black

1836 - 1915

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Greene Vardiman Black (1836–1915) was one of the founders of modern dentistry in the United States. He is also known as the father of operative dentistry. Black was born near Winchester, Illinois on August 3, 1836 to William and Mary Black. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Greene Vardiman Black has received more than 212,830 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Greene Vardiman Black is the 598th most popular physician (down from 557th in 2019).

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  • 46.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Greene Vardiman Black ranks 598 out of 726. Before him are Joel Roberts Poinsett, Ludwig Traube, Edith Farkas, Edzard Ernst, John Jeffries, and Julieta Lanteri. After him are John Ostrom, Didier Raoult, Harry Klinefelter, Gabriele Possanner, Yevgeniy Chazov, and Tomisaku Kawasaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Greene Vardiman Black ranks 69. Before him are Robert Swinhoe, John W. Foster, W. S. Gilbert, Ferdinand Monoyer, Harry Rosenbusch, and Isabella Beeton. After him are Jay Gould, Casimir de Candolle, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Adolf Schwarz, and Justiniano Borgoño. Among people deceased in 1915, Greene Vardiman Black ranks 107. Before him are Bagha Jatin, Hans von Berlepsch, Mari Beyleryan, Kálmán Széll, Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, and Édouard Vaillant. After him are George Nares, Nelson W. Aldrich, Antonio Flores Jijón, Lajos Gönczy, Nikolay Umov, and Kolos Ferenc Vaszary.

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