1840 - 1912
Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake (21 January 1840 – 7 January 1912) was an English physician, teacher, and feminist. She led the campaign to secure women access to a university education, when six other women and she, collectively known as the Edinburgh Seven, began studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1869. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophia Jex-Blake has received more than 157,204 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sophia Jex-Blake is the 573rd most popular physician (down from 493rd in 2019), the 4,282nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,711th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Physician.
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Among physicians, Sophia Jex-Blake ranks 573 out of 502. Before her are Eugène Olivier, Cecilia Grierson, John Ostrom, James Ewing, Priscilla Chan, and Lucille Teasdale-Corti. After her are William C. Gorgas, Denton Cooley, George E. P. Box, Jill Stein, Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, and Robert Spitzer.
1881 - 1964
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 567
1859 - 1934
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 568
1928 - 2005
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 569
1866 - 1943
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 570
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 571
1929 - 1996
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 572
1840 - 1912
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 573
1854 - 1920
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 574
1920 - 2016
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 575
1919 - 2013
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 576
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 577
1858 - 1945
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 578
1932 - 2015
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 579
Among people born in 1840, Sophia Jex-Blake ranks 85. Before her are Juan Bautista Gill, Ghazaros Aghayan, John Philip Holland, Jakub Arbes, Charles Booth, and Isabella Stewart Gardner. After her are Richard Knill Freeman, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, and John Stainer. Among people deceased in 1912, Sophia Jex-Blake ranks 112. Before her are Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Cesare Arzelà, Henry Robertson Bowers, Björn Jónsson, Anton Aškerc, and Edward Wilmot Blyden. After her are Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Luis Cordero Crespo, Henri Bouckaert, Emil Stang, Albino Jara, and Thomas Pollock Anshutz.
1840 - 1877
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 79
1840 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 80
1840 - 1914
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 81
1840 - 1914
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 82
1840 - 1916
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 83
1840 - 1924
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 84
1840 - 1912
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 85
1840 - 1904
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 86
1840 - 1911
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 87
1840 - 1901
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 88
1839 - 1912
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 106
1847 - 1912
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 107
1883 - 1912
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 108
1846 - 1912
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 109
1856 - 1912
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 110
1832 - 1912
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 111
1840 - 1912
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 112
1875 - 1912
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 113
1833 - 1912
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 114
1870 - 1912
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 115
1834 - 1912
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 116
1877 - 1912
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 117
1851 - 1912
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 118
Among people born in United Kingdom, Sophia Jex-Blake ranks 4,282 out of 7,765. Before her are George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784), Owain Yeoman (1978), Grantley Goulding (1874), Tony Adams (1966), Toby Kebbell (1982), and James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848). After her are Richard Ashcroft (1971), Henry Macintosh (1892), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), Tony Jay (1933), Donald Nicol (1923), and John Martyn (1948).
1784 - 1849
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 4,276
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 4,277
1874 - 1947
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 4,278
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 4,279
1982 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 4,280
1848 - 1928
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 4,281
1840 - 1912
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 4,282
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 4,283
1892 - 1918
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 4,284
1875 - 1912
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 4,285
1933 - 2006
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 4,286
1923 - 2003
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 4,287
1948 - 2009
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 4,288
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Sophia Jex-Blake ranks 53. Before her are Frederick Twort (1877), Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), William Stukeley (1687), John Arbuthnot (1667), Astley Cooper (1768), and Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (1783). After her are George E. P. Box (1919), Richard Doll (1912), Ran Laurie (1915), Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850), and William Hewson (1739).
1877 - 1950
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 47
1707 - 1782
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 48
1687 - 1765
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 49
1667 - 1735
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 50
1768 - 1841
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 51
1783 - 1862
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 52
1840 - 1912
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 53
1919 - 2013
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 54
1912 - 2005
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 55
1915 - 1998
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 56
1842 - 1906
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 57
1850 - 1935
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 58
1739 - 1774
HPI: 38.34
Rank: 59