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John Hunter

1728 - 1793

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John Hunter (13 February 1728 – 16 October 1793) was a British surgeon, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific methods in medicine. He was a teacher of, and collaborator with, Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hunter has received more than 50,217 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John Hunter is the 235th most popular physician (up from 272nd in 2019), the 1,232nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,486th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Physician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, John Hunter ranks 235 out of 726. Before him are Leander of Seville, Tasuku Honjo, Johann Weyer, Aletta Jacobs, Alessandro Achillini, and James Lind. After him are Vladimir Dal, Hieronymus Fabricius, Norman Bethune, Hans Berger, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, and Randy Schekman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, John Hunter ranks 13. Before him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Chevalier d'Éon, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, and Antoine Baumé. After him are Robert Adam, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Adam Hiller, Shah Alam II, Kirill Razumovski, and Matthew Boulton. Among people deceased in 1793, John Hunter ranks 19. Before him are Jean Sylvain Bailly, Alexander Roslin, Charles Bonnet, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, and Antoine Barnave. After him are Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Fletcher Christian, Jacques Cathelineau, William Aiton, and John Hancock.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 1,232 out of 8,785. Before him are James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), George Biddell Airy (1801), Robert Stirling (1790), Ciarán Hinds (1953), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), and Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855). After him are James Faulkner (1948), Joseph Banks (1743), Robert Faurisson (1929), John Entwistle (1944), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 17. Before him are Frederick Griffith (1879), Alan Hodgkin (1914), Hans Sloane (1660), Thomas Willis (1621), Mungo Park (1771), and James Lind (1716). After him are Edward Bach (1886), Cicely Saunders (1918), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), Thomas Addison (1793), Henry Gray (1827), and Thomas Sydenham (1624).

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