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Richard Bright

1789 - 1858

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Richard Bright (28 September 1789 – 16 December 1858) was an English physician and early pioneer in the research of kidney disease. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Bright has received more than 14,751 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Bright is the 475th most popular physician (down from 466th in 2019), the 2,709th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,811th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Physician.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Richard Bright ranks 475 out of 726Before him are Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Wu Lien-teh, Grunya Sukhareva, Friedrich von Esmarch, Antonio Bertoloni, and Gustav Hartlaub. After him are Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, Antonio Scarpa, Anna Kuliscioff, Wilhelm Kühne, Ruth Pfau, and Max Gerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Richard Bright ranks 34Before him are Charles Rivière-Hérard, Auguste Couder, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Henry Pottinger, Carlos María de Alvear, and Friedrich Silcher. After him are Manuel Gómez Pedraza, Miguel Barragán, Cesare Balbo, Peter Joseph Lenné, Leona Vicario, and Carlos Soublette. Among people deceased in 1858, Richard Bright ranks 39Before him are Johann Baptist Cramer, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Charles-Louis Havas, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Jhalkaribai, and Ghezo. After him are Francisco Antonio Pinto, Julius Reubke, Osip Senkovsky, Auguste de Montferrand, Georgios Kountouriotis, and José de la Riva Agüero.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Bright ranks 2,709 out of 8,785Before him are Billy Boyd (1968), Simon Callow (1949), Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), Harriet Walter (1950), Jeremy Bulloch (1945), and Charles Warren (1840). After him are Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), Eleanor of Scotland (1433), Simon MacCorkindale (1952), Joseph Larmor (1857), Matthew Locke (1621), and John Barnard (1946).

Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Richard Bright ranks 39Before him are William Gull (1816), William Hunter (1718), Harry Seeley (1839), Robert Liston (1794), John Crawfurd (1783), and James Young Simpson (1811). After him are Rutherford Alcock (1809), William Turner (1510), James Paget (1814), Ernest Starling (1866), Robert Knox (1791), and Anthony Carlisle (1768).