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Emily Blackwell

1826 - 1910

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Emily Blackwell (October 8, 1826 – September 7, 1910) was an American physician and women's rights activist. She was the second woman to earn a medical degree at what is now Case Western Reserve University, after Nancy Talbot Clark. She made major advancements in the medical scene, assisting in the start of the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children and creating the Women's Central Association of Relief. Blackwell, along with her sister Elizabeth, established the Women's Medical College in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emily Blackwell is the 674th most popular physician (down from 616th in 2019), the 5,279th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,099th in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Emily Blackwell ranks 674 out of 726. Before her are Harald Natvig, James Ewing, Daniel Mojon, Aarne Pohjonen, Archie Cochrane, and Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov. After her are Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Robert Spitzer, Angeliki Panagiotatou, Thomas C. Jerdon, Jenő Kamuti, and Jean Alexandre Barré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Emily Blackwell ranks 63. Before her are Henry Clifton Sorby, José María Medina, Sereno Watson, Matvey Gusev, José Eusebio Otalora, and Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl. After her are John Buford, Henry John Stephen Smith, Dinah Craik, and Varina Davis. Among people deceased in 1910, Emily Blackwell ranks 106. Before her are Nikolaos Deligiannis, Johan Vaaler, Octave Chanute, Julius Kühn, Antonín Slavíček, and Emīls Dārziņš. After her are Granville Woods, George Henry Williams, George Newnes, Worthington Whittredge, John G. Carlisle, and Joe Gans.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Emily Blackwell ranks 5,281 out of 8,785. Before her are Edmund Rubbra (1901), Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762), Thomas Button (1575), David Robb (1947), Olivia d'Abo (1969), and Susan Cooper (1935). After her are Amir Khan (1986), Tanya Tate (1979), Terence Davies (1945), Jackie Milburn (1924), Paul Jones (1942), and Eric Dier (1994).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Emily Blackwell ranks 66. Before her are George E. P. Box (1919), Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (1783), Almroth Wright (1861), Thomas Lewis (1881), Ran Laurie (1915), and Archie Cochrane (1909). After her are Thomas C. Jerdon (1811), Louisa Garrett Anderson (1873), William Hewson (1739), Flora Murray (1869), and Vivek Murthy (1977).

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