1795 - 1865
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 30,073 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. James Barry is the 385th most popular physician (down from 244th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 70th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Physician.
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Among physicians, James Barry ranks 385 out of 502. Before her are Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, René Favaloro, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, and Anders Chydenius. After her are Alfonso López Trujillo, Stamen Grigorov, Wilhelm Fliess, Johann Lukas Schönlein, Zhong Nanshan, and William Bayliss.
1766 - 1833
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 379
1923 - 2000
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 380
1723 - 1799
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 381
1762 - 1836
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 382
1833 - 1910
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 383
1729 - 1803
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 384
1795 - 1865
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 385
1935 - 2008
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 386
1878 - 1945
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 387
1858 - 1928
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 388
1793 - 1864
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 389
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 390
1860 - 1924
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 391
Among people born in 1795, James Barry ranks 36. Before her are Anton Schindler, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Thomas Arnold, Ghazi Muhammad, and Arthur Morin. After her are Karl Eichwald, Carl Anton von Meyer, James Braid, Kondraty Ryleyev, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, and Karl Ludwig Sand. Among people deceased in 1865, James Barry ranks 44. Before her are Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Friedrich August Stüler, Rafael Carrera, Robert Remak, and Adolph Kolping. After her are Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Joseph Lebeau, Mary Surratt, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, William Jackson Hooker, and Achille Valenciennes.
1795 - 1864
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 30
1795 - 1840
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 31
1795 - 1817
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 32
1795 - 1842
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 33
1795 - 1832
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 34
1795 - 1880
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 35
1795 - 1865
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 36
1795 - 1876
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 37
1795 - 1855
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 38
1795 - 1860
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 39
1795 - 1826
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 40
1795 - 1877
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 41
1795 - 1820
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 42
1843 - 1865
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 38
1792 - 1865
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 39
1800 - 1865
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 40
1814 - 1865
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 41
1815 - 1865
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 42
1813 - 1865
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 43
1795 - 1865
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 44
1794 - 1865
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 45
1794 - 1865
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 46
1823 - 1865
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 47
1791 - 1865
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 48
1785 - 1865
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 49
1794 - 1865
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 50
Among people born in Ireland, James Barry ranks 118 out of 501. Before her are Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Daniel O'Connell (1775), John Banville (1945), Richard Kirwan (1733), and Paddy Moloney (1938). After her are Cornelius Ryan (1920), Liam Cunningham (1961), Peter Brown (1935), John Millington Synge (1871), Andrew Graham (1815), and Dan O'Herlihy (1919).
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 112
1846 - 1891
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 113
1775 - 1847
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 114
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 115
1733 - 1812
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 116
1938 - 2021
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 117
1795 - 1865
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 118
1920 - 1974
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 119
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 120
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 121
1871 - 1909
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 122
1815 - 1908
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 123
1919 - 2005
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 124
Among physicians born in Ireland, James Barry ranks 1. After her are Joshua Pim (1869).