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William C. Gorgas

1854 - 1920

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William Crawford Gorgas KCMG (October 3, 1854 – July 3, 1920) was a United States Army physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army (1914–1918). He is best known for his work in Florida, Havana and at the Panama Canal in abating the transmission of yellow fever and malaria by controlling the mosquitoes that carry these diseases, for which he used the discoverments made by the cuban doctor Carlos J. Finlay. At first, Finlay's strategy was greeted with considerable skepticism and opposition to such hygiene measures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William C. Gorgas has received more than 214,729 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. William C. Gorgas is the 574th most popular physician, the 8,555th most popular biography from United States and the 70th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William C. Gorgas ranks 574 out of 502. Before him are Cecilia Grierson, John Ostrom, James Ewing, Priscilla Chan, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, and Sophia Jex-Blake. After him are Denton Cooley, George E. P. Box, Jill Stein, Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, Robert Spitzer, and Richard Doll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, William C. Gorgas ranks 100. Before him are Théodore Flournoy, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Jan Sztolcman, Hermann Oldenberg, Aristarkh Belopolsky, and Giuseppe Veronese. After him are Gottlieb Haberlandt, Hans Jæger, Dukinfield Henry Scott, Birt Acres, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, and George Whitefield Chadwick. Among people deceased in 1920, William C. Gorgas ranks 109. Before him are Terence MacSwiney, Max Fürbringer, Benigno Ferreira, Mary Katharine Brandegee, Federigo Tozzi, and Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez. After him are Pablo Arosemena, Albert Zürner, Pavel Shternberg, Horace Elgin Dodge, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, and Wilberforce Eaves.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William C. Gorgas ranks 8,555 out of 18,182. Before him are Billy West (1952), Chesty Puller (1898), Klay Thompson (1990), Patty Jenkins (1971), Karen Silkwood (1946), and Matthew Settle (1969). After him are Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949), Sara Gilbert (1975), Kay Lenz (1953), Arthur Alexander (1940), Lloyd Price (1933), and T. J. Thyne (1975).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, William C. Gorgas ranks 70. Before him are Thomas Horsfield (1773), Bernard Nathanson (1926), John Jeffries (1745), John Ostrom (1928), James Ewing (1866), and Priscilla Chan (1985). After him are Denton Cooley (1920), Jill Stein (1950), Robert Spitzer (1932), Ellen S. Baker (1953), Samuel George Morton (1799), and Donald Henderson (1928).

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