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John Hunter

1728 - 1793

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Sir John Hunter (13 February 1728 – 16 October 1793) was a Scottish surgeon, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific methods in medicine. He was a teacher of, and collaborator with, Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine. He paid for the stolen body of Charles Byrne, and proceeded to study and exhibit it against the deceased's explicit wishes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Hunter is the 308th most popular physician (down from 235th in 2019), the 1,772nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,233rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, John Hunter ranks 308 out of 726. Before him are Saint Fabiola, Mehmet Oz, William Osler, Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Antonio Maria Valsalva, and John Latham. After him are Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari, Grunya Sukhareva, Edward Bach, Edmond Locard, Franciscus Donders, and Harry Seeley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, John Hunter ranks 19. Before him are Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Robert Adam, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Oliver Goldsmith, Hiraga Gennai, and Johann Adam Hiller. After him are Matthew Boulton, Johann Andreas Stein, Carlo Allioni, Kirill Razumovski, Ferdinando Galiani, and Shah Alam II. Among people deceased in 1793, John Hunter ranks 27. Before him are Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Antoine Barnave, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Jacques Cathelineau, and Fletcher Christian. After him are John Hancock, Joannicius III of Constantinople, Pietro Nardini, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, and Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 1,772 out of 8,785. Before him are Nevil Maskelyne (1732), Robert Chambers (1802), Patrick Geddes (1854), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), John Graunt (1620), and John Latham (1740). After him are Paul McGrath (1959), Rosamund Pike (1979), Philip Sidney (1554), Paul Scofield (1922), Edward Blyth (1810), and Robert Stevenson (1905).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 25. Before him are Clarke Abel (1780), Henry Gray (1827), Thomas Addison (1793), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), William Gull (1816), and John Latham (1740). After him are Edward Bach (1886), Harry Seeley (1839), Thomas Sydenham (1624), Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), and William Cullen (1710).

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