Physician

William T. G. Morton

United States dental surgeon

1819 - 1868

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His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). William T. G. Morton is the 131st most popular physician (down from 104th in 2024), the 1,050th most popular biography from United States (down from 767th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Physician.

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

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William T. G. Morton ranks #1,050 among 23,232 people in Pantheon born in United States, inside the top 5% of that group.

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Among Physicians

Among physicians, William T. G. Morton ranks 131 out of 749. Before him are Santorio Santorio, Aribert Heim, Hans Selye, Amenmesse, Elizabeth Blackwell, and Robin Warren. After him are Haldan Keffer Hartline, Drew Weissman, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Hans Asperger, George Whipple, and Baruj Benacerraf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, William T. G. Morton ranks 21. Before him are Franz von Suppé, George Eliot, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Annibale de Gasparis, Stanisław Moniuszko, and George V of Hanover. After him are Theodor Fontane, Gottfried Keller, Cyrus West Field, Théodore Chassériau, Francis V, Duke of Modena, and Johan Jongkind. Among people deceased in 1868, William T. G. Morton ranks 11. Before him are Ludwig I of Bavaria, Mongkut, Tewodros II, August Schleicher, David Brewster, and Alexandre Colonna-Walewski. After him are Franz Berwald, Okita Sōji, Adalbert Stifter, François-Édouard Picot, Mihailo Obrenović, and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William T. G. Morton ranks 1,050 out of 23,232. Before him are Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909), Charles Koch (1935), Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Charlie Sheen (1965), Jesse Livermore (1877), and Little Richard (1932). After him are Arthur Kornberg (1918), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Douglass North (1920), René Auberjonois (1940), Chester Bennington (1976), and Gertrude Ederle (1905).

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Among Physicians In United States

Among physicians born in United States, William T. G. Morton ranks 13. Before him are George Minot (1885), Michael DeBakey (1908), Harvey J. Alter (1935), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Stanley Cohen (1922), and Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925). After him are Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Drew Weissman (1959), George Whipple (1878), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Dickinson W. Richards (1895), and George H. Hitchings (1905).

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