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Samuel George Morton

1799 - 1851

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Samuel George Morton (January 26, 1799 – May 15, 1851) was an American physician, naturalist, and writer. As one of the early figures of scientific racism, he argued against monogenism, the single creation story of the Bible, instead supporting polygenism, a theory of multiple racial creations. He was a prolific writer of books on various subjects from 1823 to 1851. He wrote Geological Observations in 1828, and both Synopsis of the Organic Remains of the Cretaceous Group of the United States and Illustrations of Pulmonary Consumption in 1834. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel George Morton is the 684th most popular physician (down from 676th in 2024), the 12,051st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,915th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Physician.

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Among physicians, Samuel George Morton ranks 684 out of 726. Before him are Jenő Kamuti, Jean Alexandre Barré, Thomas Starzl, Fred Ramsdell, Bennet Omalu, and Sara Josephine Baker. After him are Samuel Gridley Howe, Abraham Jacobi, Bert Vogelstein, Fe del Mundo, Anders Nordström, and Liang Wudong.

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Among people born in 1799, Samuel George Morton ranks 61. Before him are Edward Belcher, Henry Monnier, William Rutter Dawes, Avdotia Istomina, James Prinsep, and Titian Peale. After him are Thomas Hood, and Simon Cameron. Among people deceased in 1851, Samuel George Morton ranks 52. Before him are Mizuno Tadakuni, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Sylvester Graham, Baji Rao II, and Levi Woodbury. After him is Joanna Baillie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel George Morton ranks 12,053 out of 20,380. Before him are Hiro Yamamoto (1961), Jack Pierce (1962), David Draiman (1973), Greg Valentine (1951), Jim Hanks (1961), and John DiMaggio (1968). After him are Vicki Draves (1924), Wang Leehom (1976), Rick Adelman (1946), Paine Wingate (1739), William Paca (1740), and Jeffrey Nordling (1962).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Samuel George Morton ranks 89. Before him are John Heysham Gibbon (1903), James Ewing (1866), Robert Spitzer (1932), Thomas Starzl (1926), Fred Ramsdell (1960), and Sara Josephine Baker (1873). After him are Samuel Gridley Howe (1801), Bert Vogelstein (1949), Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865), Joycelyn Elders (1933), Rachel Levine (1957), and Steven M. Greer (1955).

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