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Thomas Hodgkin

1798 - 1866

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Thomas Hodgkin RMS (17 August 1798 – 5 April 1866) was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the first account of Hodgkin's disease, a form of lymphoma and blood disease, in 1832. Hodgkin's work marked the beginning of times when a pathologist was actively involved in the clinical process. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Hodgkin has received more than 237,272 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Thomas Hodgkin is the 281st most popular physician (down from 230th in 2019), the 1,458th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,182nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 281 out of 726. Before him are Edmond Locard, Kadambini Ganguly, 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi, Leonid Kulik, Vera Weizmann, and Saint Fabiola. After him are Thomas Addison, Bronisława Dłuska, Guillaume Dupuytren, Podalirius, Vincenz Priessnitz, and Henry Gray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 18. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Franz Ernst Neumann, Alexander Gorchakov, Archduchess Clementina of Austria, and Johan Rudolph Thorbecke. After him are Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Andries Pretorius, Dionysios Solomos, Massimo d'Azeglio, Jules Armand Dufaure, and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. Among people deceased in 1866, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 14. Before him are Hermann Goldschmidt, Chief Seattle, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Adolph Diesterweg, Friedrich Rückert, and Paul Gavarni. After him are Rikard Nordraak, Winfield Scott, Alexander von Nordmann, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, George Ord, and Massimo d'Azeglio.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 1,458 out of 8,785. Before him are George Romney (1734), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Sandie Shaw (1947), Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473), Martin Freeman (1971), and Joss Ackland (1928). After him are Thomas Addison (1793), Claire Bloom (1931), Simon Stock (1164), David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), Sean Harris (1966), and Elihu Thomson (1853).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 20. Before him are Thomas Willis (1621), Mungo Park (1771), James Lind (1716), John Hunter (1728), Edward Bach (1886), and Cicely Saunders (1918). After him are Thomas Addison (1793), Henry Gray (1827), Thomas Sydenham (1624), John Latham (1740), Lorna Wing (1928), and William Cullen (1710).

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