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William Bates

1860 - 1931

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William Horatio Bates (December 23, 1860 – July 10, 1931) was an American physician who practiced ophthalmology and developed what became known as the Bates method for better eyesight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Bates has received more than 11,685 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Bates is the 334th most popular physician (down from 315th in 2019), the 3,055th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,951st in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Bates ranks 334 out of 726. Before him are Carlos Finlay, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Tomáš Špidlík, Eugene Botkin, Gabor Maté, and Jack Kevorkian. After him are Realdo Colombo, Filippo Pacini, Victor Babeș, Mondino de Luzzi, Nikolai Korotkov, and Paul Janssen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, William Bates ranks 65. Before him are Lizzie Borden, Annie Oakley, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Katō Takaaki, Simon Dubnow, and Karel Kramář. After him are Paul Ulrich Villard, Grandma Moses, Paul Gustav Fischer, Albert Kahn, Eugen Goldstein, and Hugo Preuß. Among people deceased in 1931, William Bates ranks 57. Before him are Lujo Brentano, Salvatore Maranzano, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Felix Blumenfeld, Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, and Melvil Dewey. After him are Princess Isabella of Croÿ, David Bruce, Xu Zhimo, Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme, Osachi Hamaguchi, and Louise, Princess Royal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Bates ranks 3,055 out of 20,380. Before him are Arielle Dombasle (1953), Captain Beefheart (1941), Jack Kevorkian (1928), Judy Chicago (1939), Lisa Bonet (1967), and Dana Andrews (1909). After him are Cedric Gibbons (1893), Ted Levine (1957), Richard Chase (1950), Levi P. Morton (1824), Richard Conte (1910), and Mangas Coloradas (1792).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, William Bates ranks 37. Before him are Richard Axel (1946), Michael DeBakey (1908), Drew Weissman (1959), Horace Wells (1815), James Curtis Hepburn (1815), and Jack Kevorkian (1928). After him are Anthony Fauci (1940), Mehmet Oz (1960), Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895), Andrew Taylor Still (1828), Warren Sturgis McCulloch (1898), and Gregg L. Semenza (1956).

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