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William Turner

1510 - 1568

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William Turner (1509/10 – 13 July 1568) was an English divine and reformer, a physician and a natural historian. He has been called "The father of English botany." He studied medicine in Italy, and was a friend of the great Swiss naturalist, Conrad Gessner. He was an early herbalist and ornithologist, and it is in these fields that the most interest lies today. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Turner has received more than 68,927 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Turner is the 436th most popular physician (down from 405th in 2019), the 2,525th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,502nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Turner ranks 436 out of 502. Before him are Vivien Thomas, Ernst von Bergmann, Luigi Carlo Farini, Sunao Tawara, Didier Raoult, and Caspar Peucer. After him are Nikolay Gamaleya, Zofia Zamenhof, Yevgeniy Chazov, Burrill Bernard Crohn, Andrew Yao, and Arnold Pick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, William Turner ranks 33. Before him are Alonso Mudarra, Ferenc Dávid, Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Martynas Mažvydas, and Roy Mata. After him are Bonaventure des Périers, Simão Rodrigues, Islam Shah Suri, and Gáspár Heltai. Among people deceased in 1568, William Turner ranks 17. Before him are Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, Nicolaus Olahus, Garcia de Orta, Lady Katherine Grey, and Ashikaga Yoshihide. After him are Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, Gaspar Becerra, and Roger Ascham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Turner ranks 2,525 out of 7,765. Before him are Una Stubbs (1937), Arnold Bax (1883), John Tavener (1944), Jackie Oliver (1942), Mel Collins (1947), and Martin Amis (1949). After him are Israel Zangwill (1864), Stuart Wilson (1946), Sue Townsend (1946), Dick Parry (1942), Gorden Kaye (1941), and Leonard Whiting (1950).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, William Turner ranks 34. Before him are William Cullen (1710), William Bayliss (1860), John Latham (1740), James Braid (1795), William Gull (1816), and Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762). After him are Rutherford Alcock (1809), Harry Seeley (1839), James Young Simpson (1811), John Crawfurd (1783), James Paget (1814), and William Hunter (1718).

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