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John Bodkin Adams

1899 - 1983

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John Bodkin Adams (21 January 1899 – 4 July 1983) was a British general practitioner, convicted fraudster, and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, 163 of his patients died while in comas, which was deemed to be worthy of investigation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bodkin Adams has received more than 1,095,803 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 25 in 2019). John Bodkin Adams is the 208th most popular extremist (down from 179th in 2019), the 3,071st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,752nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, John Bodkin Adams ranks 208 out of 283. Before him are Frank James, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Irmgard Möller, Abdullah Çatlı, Herbert Mullin, and Axeman of New Orleans. After him are Ernst Zündel, Christopher Scarver, William Bonin, Dawood Ibrahim, Jonathan Wild, and Dick Turpin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, John Bodkin Adams ranks 200. Before him are Arvīds Pelše, Elizabeth Bowen, Jobyna Ralston, Aldo Nadi, Giuseppe Amato, and Marcel Arland. After him are Ramón Muttis, Louise Nevelson, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Colleen Moore, Juan Trippe, and Max Petitpierre. Among people deceased in 1983, John Bodkin Adams ranks 151. Before him are Higinio Morínigo, Rudolf Wolters, Semyon Ignatyev, Arvīds Pelše, George Hodgson, and Rodolfo Volk. After him are Larysa Hienijuš, Clemens Holzmeister, Bep Voskuijl, Sven Jacobsson, Luís Mesquita de Oliveira, and Burrill Bernard Crohn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bodkin Adams ranks 3,071 out of 8,785. Before him are Madeleine Carroll (1906), Paul Cook (1956), Anthony Caro (1924), Jesse Carver (1911), Jimmy Bain (1947), and Anne Seymour Damer (1748). After him are Roger Rees (1944), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), Rhona Mitra (1976), Sam Smith (1992), Alicia Markova (1910), and Anna Russell (1807).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, John Bodkin Adams ranks 13. Before him are Mary Bell (1957), John Haigh (1909), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Guy Burgess (1911), and Amelia Dyer (1837). After him are Jonathan Wild (1683), Dick Turpin (1705), John Christie (1899), Howard Marks (1945), Stuart Christie (1946), and Colin Pitchfork (1960).

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