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Joseph Lister

1827 - 1912

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Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, (5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912) was a British surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare. Joseph Lister revolutionised the craft of surgery in the same manner that John Hunter revolutionised the science of surgery. From a technical viewpoint, Lister was not an exceptional surgeon, but his research into bacteriology and infection in wounds revolutionised surgery throughout the world. Lister's contributions were four-fold. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Lister is the 9th most popular physician (up from 93rd in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 484th in 2019) and the most popular British Physician.

Joseph Lister is most famous for his work in the field of antiseptic surgery. He introduced the use of carbolic acid (phenol) to sterilize surgical instruments and the operating theater, and to clean wounds.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Joseph Lister ranks 9 out of 726. Before him are Paracelsus, Josef Mengele, Robert Koch, Florence Nightingale, Basil of Caesarea, and L. L. Zamenhof. After him are Edward Jenner, Anthony Fauci, Albert Schweitzer, Andreas Vesalius, Edgar Adrian, and Ignaz Semmelweis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Joseph Lister ranks 1. After him are Johanna Spyri, Arnold Böcklin, Josef Strauss, Ellen G. White, Francisco Solano López, Marcellin Berthelot, Heonjong of Joseon, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and William Holman Hunt. Among people deceased in 1912, Joseph Lister ranks 3. Before him are Emperor Meiji, and Henri Poincaré. After him are Robert Falcon Scott, August Strindberg, Thomas Andrews, Frédéric Passy, Auguste Beernaert, Jules Massenet, Bram Stoker, Edward Smith, and Frederick VIII of Denmark.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Lister ranks 95 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward the Martyr (962), Virginia Woolf (1882), Francis Drake (1540), Charles Babbage (1791), Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885), and Thomas More (1478). After him are Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900), Sean Connery (1930), Edward Jenner (1749), William Wallace (1270), Oliver Cromwell (1599), and John Dee (1527).

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Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Joseph Lister ranks 1. After him are Edward Jenner (1749), Edgar Adrian (1889), William Harvey (1578), Alan Hodgkin (1914), John Snow (1813), James Black (1924), Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), James Parkinson (1755), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Robert Knox (1791), and Hans Sloane (1660).

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