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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 221,405 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Thomas Hodgkin is the 230th most popular physician (up from 231st in 2019), the 1,186th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,243rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 230 out of 502. Before him are Hasdai ibn Shaprut, Henry Heimlich, Zhang Zhongjing, Dickinson W. Richards, James Lind, and Edward Bach. After him are Carl Værnet, Mehriban Aliyeva, Jack Kevorkian, Hans Berger, Neferkare Neby, and John O'Keefe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 15. Before him are Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Archduchess Clementina of Austria, František Palacký, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, and Alexander Gorchakov. After him are Josiah Warren, Franz Ernst Neumann, Andries Pretorius, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Dionysios Solomos, and Johan Rudolph Thorbecke. Among people deceased in 1866, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 10. Before him are Miguel I of Portugal, Karl Ludwig Hencke, Chief Seattle, William Whewell, Tokugawa Iemochi, and Hermann Goldschmidt. After him are Adolph Diesterweg, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Friedrich Rückert, Rikard Nordraak, Winfield Scott, and Nadezhda Durova.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 1,186 out of 7,765. Before him are Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Charles Bell (1774), Joan of Kent (1328), and Greer Garson (1904). After him are Nicko McBrain (1952), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), Dave Murray (1956), James Jeans (1877), Hudson Taylor (1832), and Fraser Stoddart (1942).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 18. Before him are Alan Hodgkin (1914), Thomas Willis (1621), Hans Sloane (1660), James Black (1924), James Lind (1716), and Edward Bach (1886). After him are Thomas Addison (1793), Robert Darwin (1766), Thomas Sydenham (1624), Lorna Wing (1928), John Hunter (1728), and Clarke Abel (1780).

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