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William T. G. Morton

1819 - 1868

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William Thomas Green Morton (August 9, 1819 – July 15, 1868) was an American dentist and physician who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William T. G. Morton has received more than 436,861 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). William T. G. Morton is the 103rd most popular physician (down from 82nd in 2019), the 767th most popular biography from United States (down from 611th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Physician.

William T. G. Morton is most famous for his use of ether as an anesthetic during surgery.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William T. G. Morton ranks 103 out of 726. Before him are Alexandre Yersin, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Róbert Bárány, André Frédéric Cournand, Ctesias, and Werner Forssmann. After him are Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Jens Christian Skou, Frederick Chapman Robbins, James Parkinson, Ronald Ross, and Eric Kandel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, William T. G. Morton ranks 17. Before him are Hippolyte Fizeau, Maria II of Portugal, John Ruskin, George Eliot, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, and John Couch Adams. After him are George V of Hanover, Theodor Fontane, Franz von Suppé, Stanisław Moniuszko, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, and Gottfried Keller. Among people deceased in 1868, William T. G. Morton ranks 10. Before him are August Ferdinand Möbius, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Mongkut, August Schleicher, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, and Okita Sōji. After him are Mihailo Obrenović, David Brewster, Adalbert Stifter, Franz Berwald, James Mayer de Rothschild, and Kondō Isami.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William T. G. Morton ranks 767 out of 20,380. Before him are Terrence Malick (1943), Rick Rubin (1963), Buddy Holly (1936), James Woods (1947), Roy Scheider (1932), and Jack Vance (1916). After him are Michio Kaku (1947), Louise Hay (1926), Albert Ellis (1913), Jean Harlow (1911), Charlie Sheen (1965), and Greg Abbott (1957).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, William T. G. Morton ranks 8. Before him are Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), William P. Murphy (1892), Ferid Murad (1936), Stanley Cohen (1922), George Minot (1885), and Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903). After him are Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), Jonas Salk (1914), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Dickinson W. Richards (1895), Joseph Erlanger (1874), and Harvey J. Alter (1935).

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