1795 - 1860
James Braid (19 June 1795 – 25 March 1860) was a Scottish surgeon, natural philosopher, and "gentleman scientist". He was a significant innovator in the treatment of clubfoot, spinal curvature, knock-knees, bandy legs, and squint; a significant pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy, and an important and influential pioneer in the adoption of both hypnotic anaesthesia and chemical anaesthesia. He is regarded by some, such as Kroger (2008, p. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Braid has received more than 9,129 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). James Braid is the 413th most popular physician (down from 324th in 2019), the 2,385th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,814th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Physician.
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Among physicians, James Braid ranks 413 out of 502. Before him are Vladimir Filatov, Hiroshi Nakajima, Bernard de Jussieu, Emil Aarestrup, Kadambini Ganguly, and William Stewart Halsted. After him are Fernando J. Corbató, William Gull, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Oskar Minkowski, Kiyoshi Shiga, and Hiraga Gennai.
1875 - 1956
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 407
1928 - 2013
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 408
1699 - 1777
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 409
1800 - 1856
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 410
1861 - 1923
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 411
1852 - 1922
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 412
1795 - 1860
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 413
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 414
1816 - 1890
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 415
1755 - 1821
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 416
1858 - 1931
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 417
1871 - 1957
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 418
1728 - 1780
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 419
Among people born in 1795, James Braid ranks 39. Before him are Thomas Arnold, Ghazi Muhammad, Arthur Morin, James Barry, Karl Eichwald, and Carl Anton von Meyer. After him are Kondraty Ryleyev, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Karl Ludwig Sand, Peter Jan Beckx, Adolf Bernhard Marx, and Rowland Hill. Among people deceased in 1860, James Braid ranks 34. Before him are Ferdinand Christian Baur, Joseph Cafasso, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Aleksey Khomyakov, Ludwig Rellstab, and Élie, duc Decazes. After him are Honoré Charles Reille, Tokugawa Nariaki, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Martin Rathke, Friedrich Silcher, and Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy.
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
1795 - 1887
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 43
1795 - 1866
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 44
1795 - 1879
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 45
1792 - 1860
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 28
1811 - 1860
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 29
1803 - 1860
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 30
1804 - 1860
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 31
1799 - 1860
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 32
1780 - 1860
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 33
1795 - 1860
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 34
1775 - 1860
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 35
1800 - 1860
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 36
1791 - 1860
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 37
1793 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 38
1789 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 39
1790 - 1860
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 40
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Braid ranks 2,385 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Peach Robinson (1830), James Nasmyth (1808), Nevil Shute (1899), Al Stewart (1945), John Terry (1980), and Stephen Hendry (1969). After him are Joss Ackland (1928), Rupert Brooke (1887), Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269), John Pell (1611), Bob Anderson (1931), and Peter Pears (1910).
1830 - 1901
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 2,379
1808 - 1890
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 2,380
1899 - 1960
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 2,381
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 2,382
1980 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 2,383
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 2,384
1795 - 1860
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 2,385
1928 - 2023
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 2,386
1887 - 1915
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 2,387
1269 - 1297
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 2,388
1611 - 1685
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 2,389
1931 - 1967
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 2,390
1910 - 1986
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 2,391
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, James Braid ranks 31. Before him are Cicely Saunders (1918), Henry Gray (1827), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), William Cullen (1710), William Bayliss (1860), and John Latham (1740). After him are William Gull (1816), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), William Turner (1510), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Harry Seeley (1839), and James Young Simpson (1811).
1918 - 2005
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 25
1827 - 1861
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 26
1836 - 1917
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 27
1710 - 1790
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 28
1860 - 1924
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 29
1740 - 1837
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 30
1795 - 1860
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 31
1816 - 1890
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 32
1762 - 1829
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 33
1510 - 1568
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 34
1809 - 1897
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 35
1839 - 1909
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 36
1811 - 1870
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 37