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Robert Liston

1794 - 1847

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Robert Liston (28 October 1794 – 7 December 1847) was a British surgeon. Liston was noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Liston has received more than 1,876,662 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Liston is the 458th most popular physician, the 2,560th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 36th most popular British Physician.

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  • 51.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Robert Liston ranks 458 out of 726. Before him are Frances Oldham Kelsey, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, Ludwik Rajchman, Anastasia Golovina, and Ernst von Bergmann. After him are Kazimierz Bein, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, John Crawfurd, Charles Best, Fernando J. Corbató, and Friedrich von Huene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Robert Liston ranks 43. Before him are Eduard Friedrich Eversmann, Joseph Lebeau, Heinz Christian Pander, Wei Yuan, Henriette d'Angeville, and Achille Valenciennes. After him are Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Antoine Bussy, Gabriel Antonio Pereira, and Leopold Zunz. Among people deceased in 1847, Robert Liston ranks 33. Before him are William Smith, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Tyagaraja, Daniel O'Connell, Alexey Venetsianov, and Erik Gustaf Geijer. After him are José Joaquín de Olmedo, Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Archduke Friedrich of Austria, José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza, Frans Michael Franzén, and Henriette Herz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Liston ranks 2,560 out of 8,785. Before him are Walter Legge (1906), Harry Brearley (1871), Alan Lee (1947), Edwin Landseer (1802), Bryan Johnson (1926), and Freddie Highmore (1992). After him are Æthelfrith (600), Graham Hancock (1950), Johnny Clegg (1953), Ben Miller (1966), George Shearing (1919), and Banastre Tarleton (1754).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Liston ranks 36. Before him are Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), William Bayliss (1860), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), William Gull (1816), William Hunter (1718), and Harry Seeley (1839). After him are John Crawfurd (1783), James Young Simpson (1811), Richard Bright (1789), Rutherford Alcock (1809), William Turner (1510), and James Paget (1814).

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