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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 10,978 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). William Bates is the 315th most popular physician (down from 255th in 2019), the 2,958th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,274th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Physician.

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  • 54.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Bates ranks 315 out of 502. Before him are Dorothea Erxleben, Antoine Louis, Johann Conrad Dippel, Mondino de Luzzi, Thomas Szasz, and Ernest Duchesne. After him are Nicolae Paulescu, Horace Wells, Titus Brandsma, Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, Max Heindel, and Irmfried Eberl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, William Bates ranks 58. Before him are Michel Zevaco, Friedrich Naumann, Sidney Paget, Christen C. Raunkiær, Lizzie Borden, and Walter Sickert. After him are Charles Curtis, Simon Dubnow, Albert Kahn, Katō Takaaki, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Paul Gustav Fischer. Among people deceased in 1931, William Bates ranks 57. Before him are David Bruce, Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme, Alexandre Darracq, Nellie Melba, Salvatore Maranzano, and Louise, Princess Royal. After him are Lujo Brentano, Nicolae Paulescu, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Felix Blumenfeld, and Gustaf Kossinna.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Bates ranks 2,958 out of 18,182. Before him are Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), Xander Berkeley (1955), Frank Grillo (1965), Benjamin Libet (1916), Tallulah Bankhead (1902), and Linda Blair (1959). After him are Derrick Rose (1988), Neil Postman (1931), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), Charles Napier (1936), Scatman Crothers (1910), and Patricia Krenwinkel (1947).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, William Bates ranks 38. Before him are Michael DeBakey (1908), Andrew Taylor Still (1828), Helen B. Taussig (1898), Charles Best (1899), Randy Schekman (1948), and George Huntington (1850). After him are Horace Wells (1815), Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), James Curtis Hepburn (1815), Gregg L. Semenza (1956), Richard Axel (1946), and Warren Sturgis McCulloch (1898).

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