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William Gull

1816 - 1890

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Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet (31 December 1816 – 29 January 1890) was an English physician. Of modest family origins, he established a lucrative private practice and served as Governor of Guy's Hospital, Fullerian Professor of Physiology and President of the Clinical Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Gull has received more than 261,032 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Gull is the 415th most popular physician, the 2,401st most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 32nd most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Gull ranks 415 out of 502. Before him are Bernard de Jussieu, Emil Aarestrup, Kadambini Ganguly, William Stewart Halsted, James Braid, and Fernando J. Corbató. After him are Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Oskar Minkowski, Kiyoshi Shiga, Hiraga Gennai, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, and Dorotea Bucca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, William Gull ranks 28. Before him are John Frederick Kensett, Malwida von Meysenbug, Wazir Akbar Khan, Ion Ghica, Jan Arnošt Smoler, and August Karl von Goeben. After him are Emanuel Leutze, Dmitry Milyutin, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Jean Cabanis, August Wilhelm Ambros, and Jean Frédéric Frenet. Among people deceased in 1890, William Gull ranks 41. Before him are Spotted Elk, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Alexander Parkes, Ignaz von Döllinger, James Nasmyth, and Prince Karl of Auersperg. After him are Marianne North, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, John C. Frémont, Lydia Becker, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, and Jacques-Louis Soret.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Gull ranks 2,401 out of 7,765. Before him are Michael Berry (1941), Benedict Biscop (628), Richard Burbage (1567), Gerry Adams (1948), Leo Genn (1905), and Edmund Gwenn (1877). After him are Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Brian Connolly (1945), Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), George Shearing (1919), William Martin (1767), and Chris Vance (1971).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, William Gull ranks 32. Before him are Henry Gray (1827), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), William Cullen (1710), William Bayliss (1860), John Latham (1740), and James Braid (1795). After him are Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), William Turner (1510), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Harry Seeley (1839), James Young Simpson (1811), and John Crawfurd (1783).

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