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Samuel Gridley Howe

1801 - 1876

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Samuel Gridley Howe (November 10, 1801 – January 9, 1876) was an American physician, abolitionist, and advocate of education for the blind. He organized and was the first director of the Perkins Institution. In 1824, he had gone to Greece to serve in the revolution as a surgeon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Gridley Howe has received more than 241,340 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Gridley Howe is the 676th most popular physician, the 10,846th most popular biography from United States and the 87th most popular American Physician.

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  • 240k

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  • 42.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Samuel Gridley Howe ranks 676 out of 726. Before him are Robert Spitzer, Indira Nath, Richard Doll, Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Ben Klassen, and Flora Murray. After him are Samuel George Morton, Louisa Garrett Anderson, Rachel Levine, Aarne Pohjonen, Elizabeth Kenny, and Patrick Steptoe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Samuel Gridley Howe ranks 84. Before him are George Perkins Marsh, Robert J. Walker, Wilhem de Haan, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, and Athanasios Vouros.  Among people deceased in 1876, Samuel Gridley Howe ranks 63. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz, Gennady Nevelskoy, Ludwig Traube, Christian Lassen, Yuri Samarin, and Narcyza Żmichowska. After him are Henry A. Wise, Charlotte Cushman, James W. Nye, and Samuel Dakin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Gridley Howe ranks 10,846 out of 20,380. Before him are Jay Inslee (1951), Megyn Kelly (1970), Dusty Anderson (1918), Alan Reed (1907), Aimee Garcia (1978), and Timothy M. Dolan (1950). After him are Glenn Corbett (1933), William Healey Dall (1845), Kevin Chamberlin (1963), Ryan Stiles (1959), James Shaffer (1970), and Brandon Call (1976).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Samuel Gridley Howe ranks 87. Before him are John Heysham Gibbon (1903), James Ewing (1866), Thomas Starzl (1926), Priscilla Chan (1985), Leila Denmark (1898), and Robert Spitzer (1932). After him are Samuel George Morton (1799), Rachel Levine (1957), Bert Vogelstein (1949), Charles R. Drew (1904), Sara Josephine Baker (1873), and Caldwell Esselstyn (1933).

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