1718 - 1783
William Hunter (23 May 1718 – 30 March 1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was a leading teacher of anatomy, and the outstanding obstetrician of his day. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Hunter has received more than 16,816 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2019). William Hunter is the 464th most popular physician (down from 398th in 2019), the 2,781st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,380th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Physician.
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Among physicians, William Hunter ranks 464 out of 502. Before him are Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Louis-Antoine Ranvier, Henri Dutrochet, Pierre Marie, Nicolás Monardes, and Kyusaku Ogino. After him are Sergey Botkin, Philip Showalter Hench, Richard Bright, Antonio Scarpa, Antonio Bertoloni, and Anastasia Golovina.
1777 - 1861
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 458
1835 - 1922
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 459
1776 - 1847
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 460
1853 - 1940
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 461
1508 - 1588
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 462
1882 - 1975
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 463
1718 - 1783
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 464
1832 - 1889
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 465
1896 - 1965
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 466
1789 - 1858
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 467
1752 - 1832
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 468
1775 - 1868
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 469
1850 - 1933
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 470
Among people born in 1718, William Hunter ranks 17. Before him are Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Antoine de Chézy, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, John Canton, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, and Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix. After him are Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, and Hugh Blair. Among people deceased in 1783, William Hunter ranks 18. Before him are Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johann Jakob Bodmer, Johann Kirnberger, Christian Mayer, Ignaz Holzbauer, and Gerhard Friedrich Müller. After him is Capability Brown.
1718 - 1804
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 11
1718 - 1798
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 12
1718 - 1793
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 13
1718 - 1772
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 14
1718 - 1773
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 15
1718 - 1802
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 16
1718 - 1783
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 17
1718 - 1763
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 18
1718 - 1795
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 19
1718 - 1792
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 20
1718 - 1800
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 21
1723 - 1783
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 12
1698 - 1783
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 13
1721 - 1783
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 14
1719 - 1783
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 15
1711 - 1783
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 16
1705 - 1783
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 17
1718 - 1783
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 18
1716 - 1783
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 19
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hunter ranks 2,781 out of 7,765. Before him are Ronald Speirs (1920), Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), John Shrapnel (1942), Geoff Duke (1923), Ronald Fairbairn (1889), and Anna Kingsford (1846). After him are Eric Gill (1882), Jim Sturgess (1978), Barry Jackson (1938), John Wilkinson (1728), Mick Jackson (1943), and Thomas Wedgwood (1771).
1920 - 2007
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,775
1862 - 1931
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 2,776
1942 - 2020
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 2,777
1923 - 2015
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 2,778
1889 - 1964
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 2,779
1846 - 1888
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 2,780
1718 - 1783
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 2,781
1882 - 1940
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,782
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,783
1938 - 2013
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,784
1728 - 1808
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,785
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,786
1771 - 1805
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,787
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, William Hunter ranks 40. Before him are William Turner (1510), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Harry Seeley (1839), James Young Simpson (1811), John Crawfurd (1783), and James Paget (1814). After him are Richard Bright (1789), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), Robert Knox (1791), Thomas Francis Wade (1818), Ernest Starling (1866), and Richard Leach Maddox (1816).
1510 - 1568
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 34
1809 - 1897
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 35
1839 - 1909
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 36
1811 - 1870
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 37
1783 - 1868
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 38
1814 - 1899
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 39
1718 - 1783
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 40
1789 - 1858
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 41
1816 - 1892
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 42
1791 - 1862
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 43
1818 - 1895
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 44
1866 - 1927
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 45
1816 - 1902
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 46