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Edward Angle

1855 - 1930

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Edward Hartley Angle (June 1, 1855 – August 11, 1930) was an American dentist, widely regarded as "the father of American orthodontics". He was trained as a dentist, but made orthodontics his speciality and dedicated his life to standardizing the teaching and practice of orthodontics. He founded the Angle School of Orthodontia in 1899 in St. Louis and schools in other regions of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Angle is the 653rd most popular physician (down from 638th in 2019), the 9,637th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,761st in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Physician.

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Among physicians, Edward Angle ranks 653 out of 726. Before him are Harry Benjamin, Gabriele Possanner, George E. P. Box, Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, William C. Gorgas, and Walter Reed. After him are Harry Klinefelter, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, Yoshioka Yayoi, Joseph Schröter, Denton Cooley, and Peter Lesgaft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Edward Angle ranks 100. Before him are Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová, Marie Stritt, Swarnakumari Devi, Ludwig Ganghofer, and Lidiya Tseraskaya. After him are Edward William Nelson, William Friese-Greene, John McKenna, Frederick McCubbin, Arthur Wing Pinero, and Sarah E. Goode. Among people deceased in 1930, Edward Angle ranks 124. Before him are Henri Cohen, Varlam Avanesov, William Diller Matthew, Thomas Walker Arnold, Erik Algot Fredriksson, and Maria Polydouri. After him are Robert Hennet, Sigurd Ibsen, Rebecca Latimer Felton, Anna Whitlock, Šatrijos Ragana, and Santeri Alkio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Angle ranks 9,639 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Weston Benson (1862), Patricia Morison (1915), Stanton T. Friedman (1934), Bertha Townsend (1869), George O'Brien (1899), and Gardner Dozois (1947). After him are Jimmie Vaughan (1951), George Peter Alexander Healy (1813), Pat Monahan (1969), Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Bella Hadid (1996), and Chris Sullivan (1980).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Edward Angle ranks 79. Before him are Stuart Kauffman (1939), Bernard Nathanson (1926), Leila Denmark (1898), William H. Welch (1850), William C. Gorgas (1854), and Walter Reed (1851). After him are Harry Klinefelter (1912), Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878), Denton Cooley (1920), Ellen S. Baker (1953), John Heysham Gibbon (1903), and James Ewing (1866).

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