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William Beaumont

1785 - 1853

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William Beaumont (November 21, 1785 – April 25, 1853) was a surgeon in the U.S. Army who became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" for his research on human digestion on Alexis St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Beaumont has received more than 414,705 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Beaumont is the 490th most popular physician, the 5,706th most popular biography from United States and the 56th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Beaumont ranks 490 out of 502. Before him are Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Ancel Keys, Ludwig Aschoff, Ruth Pfau, and Joep Lange. After him are Giuseppe Pitrè, Ludwig Traube, Thomas Francis Wade, Ernest Starling, Bennet Omalu, and Anders Tegnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, William Beaumont ranks 44. Before him are Agustín Gamarra, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Francisco Antonio Pinto, Anna Sundström, Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, and Karol Kurpiński. After him are Martín Miguel de Güemes, David Wilkie, Oliver Hazard Perry, Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Per Georg Scheutz, and Thomas Love Peacock. Among people deceased in 1853, William Beaumont ranks 42. Before him are Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Maria Quitéria, Tabitha Babbitt, Sarah Goodridge, and Cesare Balbo. After him are Augustin Saint-Hilaire, Abigail Fillmore, Lucas Alamán, Andrés Narvarte, Hugh Edwin Strickland, and Josef Ludwig von Armansperg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Beaumont ranks 5,706 out of 18,182. Before him are Charles Moore (1929), Roger McGuinn (1942), Timbaland (1972), William Livingston (1723), Raymond Cruz (1961), and John Finn (1952). After him are Charles Geschke (1939), John Piper (1946), Bill Monroe (1911), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Ernie Davis (1939), and Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, William Beaumont ranks 56. Before him are Vivien Thomas (1910), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), Philip Showalter Hench (1896), Benjamin Rush (1745), Jeffrey Ullman (1942), and Ancel Keys (1904). After him are Russell M. Nelson (1924), Florence R. Sabin (1871), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Walter Reed (1851), Leila Denmark (1898), and Robert Atkins (1930).

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