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Dickinson W. Richards

1895 - 1973

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Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr. (October 30, 1895 – February 23, 1973) was an American physician and physiologist. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for the development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac diseases. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dickinson W. Richards is the 141st most popular physician (down from 126th in 2019), the 1,121st most popular biography from United States (down from 935th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Dickinson W. Richards ranks 141 out of 726. Before him are George Whipple, Baruj Benacerraf, Francis Peyton Rous, Trota of Salerno, Johann Joachim Becher, and Richard von Krafft-Ebing. After him are George H. Hitchings, William Kaelin Jr., Jang-geum, Ferid Murad, Charles Best, and Ryke Geerd Hamer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Dickinson W. Richards ranks 55. Before him are Jürgen Stroop, Richard Barthelmess, Babe Ruth, Dorothea Lange, Augusto César Sandino, and Albert Göring. After him are Richard Walther Darré, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Lázaro Cárdenas, Kurt Zeitzler, Wilhelm Kempff, and Kiril, Prince of Preslav. Among people deceased in 1973, Dickinson W. Richards ranks 45. Before him are Hans Albert Einstein, Lon Chaney Jr., Amílcar Cabral, Maurice René Fréchet, Frank Costello, and Luis Carrero Blanco. After him are Jean-Pierre Melville, Emmy Göring, Elsa Schiaparelli, A. S. Neill, François Cevert, and Taha Hussein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dickinson W. Richards ranks 1,121 out of 20,380. Before him are Sam Harris (1967), James Gunn (1966), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), Martin Seligman (1942), and Gena Rowlands (1930). After him are Dashiell Hammett (1894), Kenneth Arrow (1921), Anne Sullivan (1866), Charley Patton (1891), David Fincher (1962), and Mahershala Ali (1974).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Dickinson W. Richards ranks 18. Before him are Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), William T. G. Morton (1819), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Drew Weissman (1959), George Whipple (1878), and Francis Peyton Rous (1879). After him are George H. Hitchings (1905), William Kaelin Jr. (1957), Ferid Murad (1936), Charles Best (1899), Jonas Salk (1914), and Peter Agre (1949).

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