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Harvey Cushing

1869 - 1939

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Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of physician William Osler in three volumes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harvey Cushing is the 92nd most popular physician (up from 417th in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,028th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Harvey Cushing ranks 92 out of 726. Before him are Karl Brandt, Ragnar Granit, Herophilos, Jacques Rogge, Theodor Morell, and Corneille Heymans. After him are Bernardino of Siena, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Jean Nicot, Peter Canisius, François Duvalier, and Djer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Harvey Cushing ranks 18. Before him are Fritz Pregl, Mary Mallon, Emma Goldman, Bogd Khan, Karl Haushofer, and Christian Lous Lange. After him are Hans Spemann, Siegfried Wagner, Calouste Gulbenkian, Karl Seitz, Felix Salten, and Komitas. Among people deceased in 1939, Harvey Cushing ranks 11. Before him are Nadezhda Krupskaya, Joseph Roth, W. B. Yeats, Eugen Bleuler, S. P. L. Sørensen, and Ghazi of Iraq. After him are Philipp Scheidemann, Werner von Fritsch, Anton Makarenko, Edward Sapir, Karl Radek, and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harvey Cushing ranks 718 out of 20,380. Before him are George Smoot (1945), Donald Davidson (1917), Tom Clancy (1947), Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981), Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), and William Holden (1918). After him are William Halsey Jr. (1882), Gwen Stefani (1969), Tony Lip (1930), Jack Kilby (1923), Margaret Mead (1901), and Martin Landau (1928).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Harvey Cushing ranks 5. Before him are Anthony Fauci (1940), Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), Joseph Murray (1919), and William P. Murphy (1892). After him are Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), George Minot (1885), Michael DeBakey (1908), Harvey J. Alter (1935), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Stanley Cohen (1922), and Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925).

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