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William Osler

1849 - 1919

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Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians, and he was the first to bring medical students out of the lecture hall for bedside clinical training. He has frequently been described as the Father of Modern Medicine and one of the "greatest diagnosticians ever to wield a stethoscope". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Osler has received more than 1,099,158 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). William Osler is the 288th most popular physician (down from 287th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Canada (down from 113th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Osler ranks 288 out of 502. Before him are Gavriil Ilizarov, Hilary Koprowski, Franciscus Donders, Rembert Dodoens, Claus Schilling, and Vincenz Priessnitz. After him are Jean-Baptiste Denys, Eugene Botkin, Harvey Cushing, Michael DeBakey, Christian Bohr, and Leon Pinsker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, William Osler ranks 45. Before him are Hong Tianguifu, Wilhelm Voigt, Hugo Riemann, Dersu Uzala, Eugène Carrière, and Herbert von Bismarck. After him are Emile Claus, Karl Brugmann, Johan August Brinell, Mohammad Yaqub Khan, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, and Károly Khuen-Héderváry. Among people deceased in 1919, William Osler ranks 62. Before him are Friedrich Naumann, Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Raymonde de Laroche, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, and Daniel Peter. After him are Wilfrid Laurier, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, Adelina Patti, Mark Sykes, Hugo Haase, and Louis Botha.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, William Osler ranks 121 out of 1,350. Before him are Martin Short (1950), Catherine O'Hara (1954), Joanna Shimkus (1943), Jean Chrétien (1934), David Morrell (1943), and Bonar Law (1858). After him are Brian Kernighan (1942), Gerald Bull (1928), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Paul Martin (1938), Gil Evans (1912), and Shania Twain (1965).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Canada

Among physicians born in Canada, William Osler ranks 6. Before him are Frederick Banting (1891), Oswald Avery (1877), Charles Brenton Huggins (1901), David H. Hubel (1926), and Norman Bethune (1890). After him are Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), Édouard Gagnon (1918), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), and James Heilman (1979).

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