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James Young Simpson

1811 - 1870

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Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet (7 June 1811 – 6 May 1870) was a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine. He was the first physician to demonstrate the anaesthetic properties of chloroform in humans and helped to popularize its use in medicine. Simpson's intellectual interests ranged from archaeology to an almost taboo subject at the time: hermaphroditism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Young Simpson has received more than 471,364 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. James Young Simpson is the 468th most popular physician (down from 447th in 2019), the 2,654th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,630th in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Physician.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, James Young Simpson ranks 468 out of 726. Before him are Charles Best, Fernando J. Corbató, Friedrich von Huene, Arnold Pick, Aleksandr Bogomolets, and Hiroshi Nakajima. After him are Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Wu Lien-teh, Grunya Sukhareva, Friedrich von Esmarch, Antonio Bertoloni, and Gustav Hartlaub.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, James Young Simpson ranks 52. Before him are J. C. Jacobsen, Sakuma Shōzan, Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Horace Greeley, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, and François Delsarte. After him are Johann Dzierzon, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Johann Georg von Hahn, John William Casilear, Dimitrija Demeter, and John Neumann. Among people deceased in 1870, James Young Simpson ranks 44. Before him are Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, Princess Amalie of Saxony, Friedrich Boie, Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Louise Lehzen, and Alexei Lvov. After him are Michael William Balfe, Christian Albrecht Jensen, Carl August von Steinheil, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Franz Unger, and Carlos Soublette.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Young Simpson ranks 2,654 out of 8,785. Before him are Ernest Mason Satow (1843), Constance Lloyd (1858), Georgette Heyer (1902), Dave Legeno (1963), William Curtis (1746), and James Somerville (1882). After him are Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), Andrew Bell (1753), Jamie Oliver (1975), George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), William Wilson (1844), and Ian Rankin (1960).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, James Young Simpson ranks 38. Before him are Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), William Gull (1816), William Hunter (1718), Harry Seeley (1839), Robert Liston (1794), and John Crawfurd (1783). After him are Richard Bright (1789), Rutherford Alcock (1809), William Turner (1510), James Paget (1814), Ernest Starling (1866), and Robert Knox (1791).

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