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Almroth Wright

1861 - 1947

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Sir Almroth Edward Wright (10 August 1861 – 30 April 1947) was an English bacteriologist and immunologist. He is notable for developing a system of anti-typhoid fever inoculation, recognizing early on that antibiotics would create resistant bacteria, and being a strong advocate for preventive medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Almroth Wright is the 660th most popular physician (down from 643rd in 2019), the 4,938th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,507th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Almroth Wright ranks 660 out of 726. Before him are Harry Klinefelter, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, Yoshioka Yayoi, Joseph Schröter, Denton Cooley, and Peter Lesgaft. After him are Ellen S. Baker, Maria Vorontsova, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Thomas Lewis, Ran Laurie, and John Heysham Gibbon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Almroth Wright ranks 150. Before him are Reginald Wingate, Emiliano González Navero, Luigi Galleani, Louis Eugène Roy, Walter Rauschenbusch, and Zoltán Ambrus. After him are Vasily Goncharov, John Bell Hatcher, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, Edith Cowan, and Albert B. Fall. Among people deceased in 1947, Almroth Wright ranks 204. Before him are Erich Hecke, Øistein Schirmer, Evripidis Bakirtzis, Winston Churchill, Pedro Ochoa, and Julio Lores. After him are José Luis Tamayo, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, Harald Natvig, David Samanez Ocampo, Mari Gerekmezyan, and Alphonzo Bell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Almroth Wright ranks 4,939 out of 8,785. Before him are Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), Derek Bailey (1930), Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), Ed Skrein (1983), Judy Parfitt (1935), and Sarah Waters (1966). After him are Phil Collen (1957), Gerald Scarfe (1936), John Claudius Loudon (1783), Clarence Kingsbury (1882), Michael Drayton (1563), and Humphrey Searle (1915).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Almroth Wright ranks 62. Before him are Richard Leach Maddox (1816), Sophia Jex-Blake (1840), Richard Doll (1912), Astley Cooper (1768), George E. P. Box (1919), and Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (1783). After him are Thomas Lewis (1881), Ran Laurie (1915), Archie Cochrane (1909), Emily Blackwell (1826), Thomas C. Jerdon (1811), and Louisa Garrett Anderson (1873).

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