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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 1,024,852 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John Bodkin Adams is the 179th most popular extremist (down from 164th in 2019), the 2,759th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,621st in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, John Bodkin Adams ranks 179 out of 209. Before him are Stanley Williams, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, John Haigh, Frank James, John Christie, and Herbert Mullin. After him are Robert Berdella, Ernst Zündel, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Ross Ulbricht, Jonathan Wild, and Irmgard Möller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, John Bodkin Adams ranks 174. Before him are Ramón Muttis, Rudolf Svensson, John Christie, Joseph Guillemot, Weegee, and Arvīds Pelše. After him are Udham Singh, Otto E. Neugebauer, Juan Trippe, Hoagy Carmichael, René Petit, and Aldo Nadi. Among people deceased in 1983, John Bodkin Adams ranks 135. Before him are Lisette Model, Louise Weiss, Semyon Ignatyev, Edward Lawry Norton, Arvīds Pelše, and Mykola Bazhan. After him are Higinio Morínigo, Romain Maes, Mary Renault, Christophe Soglo, Alan Cunningham, and Larysa Hienijuš.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bodkin Adams ranks 2,759 out of 7,765. Before him are George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Gerrard Winstanley (1609), Ian Paisley (1926), Nicol Williamson (1936), Carole Pateman (1940), and Lennie James (1965). After him are Tony Martin (1957), Paul Kennedy (1945), John Florio (1553), Tom Baker (1934), Billy Meredith (1874), and Edward Charles Howard (1774).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, John Bodkin Adams ranks 13. Before him are John Adams (1767), Mary Bell (1957), Guy Burgess (1911), Fred West (1941), John Haigh (1909), and John Christie (1899). After him are Jonathan Wild (1683), Dick Turpin (1705), Howard Marks (1945), Stuart Christie (1946), Beverley Allitt (1968), and Colin Pitchfork (1960).

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