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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. 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 1,179,149 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). William Osler is the 305th most popular physician (down from 288th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Canada (down from 121st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Physician.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

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  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Osler ranks 305 out of 726. Before him are Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Horace Wells, Jan Jesenius, Aëtius of Amida, Hakaru Hashimoto, and Titus Brandsma. After him are Thomas Sydenham, Adolf Kussmaul, Eduard Wirths, Jean-Baptiste Denys, Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, and John Latham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, William Osler ranks 45. Before him are Wilhelm Voigt, Dersu Uzala, Herbert von Bismarck, W. T. Stead, Eugène Carrière, and Karl Brugmann. After him are Johan August Brinell, Emile Claus, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, and Ida Straus. Among people deceased in 1919, William Osler ranks 67. Before him are Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Karl Brugmann, Nikolay Shchors, Franz von Liszt, Itagaki Taisuke, and Adolf Schmal. After him are Louis Botha, Julia Lermontova, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Luigi Illica, Melchora Aquino, and Adelina Patti.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, William Osler ranks 128 out of 1,622. Before him are Eric McCormack (1963), Mary Simon (1947), Steven Pinker (1954), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Lorne Greene (1915), and John Stanley Plaskett (1865). After him are Evangeline Lilly (1979), Gordie Howe (1928), Arthur Hiller (1923), Ian Stevenson (1918), Joseph Wiseman (1918), and Katheryn Winnick (1977).

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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), Maude Abbott (1868), James Heilman (1979), and Alaa Murabit (1989).

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