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James Barry

1795 - 1865

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James Barry (born Margaret Anne Bulkley, or Bulkeley; c. 1789 – 25 July 1865) was a military surgeon in the British Army. Originally from the city of Cork in Ireland, Barry obtained a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, then served first in Cape Town, South Africa, and subsequently in many parts of the British Empire. Before retirement, Barry had risen to the rank of Inspector General (equivalent to Brigadier) in charge of military hospitals, the second-highest medical office in the British Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Barry has received more than 31,224 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). James Barry is the 271st most popular physician (up from 384th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 117th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Physician.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.12

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, James Barry ranks 271 out of 726. Before her are John Harvey Kellogg, Cicely Saunders, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, May-Britt Moser, Richard Axel, and Bian Que. After her are Gavriil Ilizarov, Rembert Dodoens, Michael DeBakey, Edmond Locard, Kadambini Ganguly, and 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, James Barry ranks 23. Before her are Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Hadji Murad, Johns Hopkins, Anselme Payen, Heinrich Marschner, and Vincent Pallotti. After her are Augustin Thierry, Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria, Maria Schicklgruber, Peter Andreas Hansen, Antoine-Louis Barye, and Andrew Dũng-Lạc. Among people deceased in 1865, James Barry ranks 27. Before her are Kunisada, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Constant Troyon, George Phillips Bond, Shigechiyo Izumi, and Joseph Paxton. After her are Antoine Wiertz, Sebastián Iradier, John Lindley, Andrés Bello, Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, and Sengge Rinchen.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, James Barry ranks 74 out of 549. Before her are Edmund the Martyr (841), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), John Banville (1945), Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), Peter Lacy (1678), and Brenda Fricker (1945). After her are Saint Fiacre (607), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), Brigid of Kildare (451), Neil Jordan (1950), James Hoban (1762), and Fionnula Flanagan (1941).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Ireland

Among physicians born in Ireland, James Barry ranks 1. After her are Joshua Pim (1869), Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet (1737), and William Stokes (1804).

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