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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 48,467 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. John Hunter is the 272nd most popular physician (down from 220th in 2019), the 1,491st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,164th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Physician.

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  • 22

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, John Hunter ranks 272 out of 502Before him are Eduard Bloch, Jan Jesenius, Lorna Wing, Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Edmond Locard, and Bronisława Dłuska. After him are Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Clarke Abel, Cicely Saunders, Henry Gray, and Antonio Maria Valsalva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, John Hunter ranks 19Before him are Samuel Wallis, Shah Alam II, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Kirill Razumovski, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Oliver Goldsmith. After him are Matthew Boulton, Johann Adam Hiller, Carlo Allioni, Johann Andreas Stein, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, and Hiraga Gennai. Among people deceased in 1793, John Hunter ranks 23Before him are Antoine Barnave, John Hancock, Fletcher Christian, Jacques Cathelineau, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, and Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Pietro Nardini, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, John Michell, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, and Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 1,491 out of 7,765Before him are Adrian Lyne (1941), Jared Harris (1961), Emma Darwin (1808), Charles Macintosh (1766), Robert Filmer (1588), and John Nash (1752). After him are Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Oswald of Northumbria (604), William Jones (1675), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), Gareth Bale (1989), and Norman Davies (1939).

Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 23Before him are Edward Bach (1886), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), Thomas Addison (1793), Robert Darwin (1766), Thomas Sydenham (1624), and Lorna Wing (1928). After him are Clarke Abel (1780), Cicely Saunders (1918), Henry Gray (1827), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), William Cullen (1710), and William Bayliss (1860).