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Ernest Starling

1866 - 1927

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Ernest Henry Starling (17 April 1866 – 2 May 1927) was a British physiologist who contributed many fundamental ideas to this subject. These ideas were important parts of the British contribution to physiology, which at that time led the world. He made at least four significant contributions: 1. In the capillary, water is forced out through the pores in the wall by hydrostatic pressure and driven in by the osmotic pressure of plasma proteins (or oncotic pressure). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Starling is the 482nd most popular physician (up from 498th in 2019), the 2,890th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,830th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ernest Starling ranks 482 out of 726. Before him are William Turner, Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, and Friedrich von Huene. After him are Wilhelm His Sr., Kyusaku Ogino, Gustav Fischer, James Young Simpson, Rutherford Alcock, and Richard Bright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Ernest Starling ranks 92. Before him are Tristan Bernard, Carl Gustav Witt, Jaan Poska, Janis Rozentāls, E. W. Hornung, and Tilemachos Karakalos. After him are Kuroda Seiki, Georg Jensen, Avetis Aharonian, Euclides da Cunha, Alexander Protopopov, and Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman. Among people deceased in 1927, Ernest Starling ranks 85. Before him are Carl Graebe, Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, József Rippl-Rónai, Hermann von Stein, and Georg Ossian Sars. After him are Ram Prasad Bismil, Franz Rohr von Denta, Borisav Stanković, Miguel Pro, Matilde Serao, and William Burnside.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest Starling ranks 2,891 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Coke (1552), Denny Laine (1944), Amy Robsart (1532), Johnny Clegg (1953), Charlie Hunnam (1980), and Terence Fisher (1904). After him are Hubert Parry (1848), Richard Norman Shaw (1831), Andrew Latimer (1949), André Waterkeyn (1917), Edmund Leach (1910), and Poppy Morgan (1983).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Ernest Starling ranks 41. Before him are Lorna Wing (1928), James Braid (1795), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), William Bayliss (1860), William Stukeley (1687), and William Turner (1510). After him are James Young Simpson (1811), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Richard Bright (1789), William Hunter (1718), Thomas Francis Wade (1818), and Anthony Carlisle (1768).

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