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Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson

1878 - 1937

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Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (December 6, 1878 – May 12, 1937) was an American-born British neurologist. His research of hepatolenticular degeneration led the disease to be named after him as Wilson's disease. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson has received more than 60,879 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson is the 642nd most popular physician, the 8,889th most popular biography from United States and the 80th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson ranks 642 out of 726Before him are Robert Atkins, Thomas Lewis, Edward Angle, Maria Vorontsova, Bernhard Zondek, and Denton Cooley. After him are Almroth Wright, Paul Möhring, Eugène Olivier, Angeliki Panagiotatou, Dean Mahomed, and Lucille Teasdale-Corti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson ranks 216Before him are John Rimmer, Edwin Mills, Paul Weinstein, Spyridon Belokas, Karel van de Woestijne, and Augustus John. After him are John Masefield, Harold Hackett, Flora Drummond, Albert Corey, Peder Kolstad, and Peter Kemp. Among people deceased in 1937, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson ranks 169Before him are Harry Vardon, Gyula Juhász, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Cécile Tormay, Marie Prevost, and Béla von Kehrling. After him are Jorge de Paiva, Harold Hackett, Carlos Eugenio Restrepo, Ottó Hellmich, Howie Morenz, and Colin Campbell Cooper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson ranks 8,889 out of 20,380Before him are Steve Cochran (1917), Marc Randolph (1958), Charles Bradley (1948), August Dvorak (1894), Robert Alda (1914), and AnnaSophia Robb (1993). After him are Susan Tyrrell (1945), William L. Marcy (1786), Paul Heyman (1965), Bobcat Goldthwait (1962), Chris Christie (1962), and Dan Bilzerian (1980).

Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson ranks 80Before him are Jill Stein (1950), William C. Gorgas (1854), William H. Welch (1850), Robert Atkins (1930), Edward Angle (1855), and Denton Cooley (1920). After him are John Heysham Gibbon (1903), James Ewing (1866), Thomas Starzl (1926), Priscilla Chan (1985), Leila Denmark (1898), and Robert Spitzer (1932).