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John Jeffries

1745 - 1819

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John Jeffries (5 February 1744 – 16 September 1819 using Old Style Dating, 5 February 1745 – 16 September 1819 using New Style) was an American physician, scientist, and military surgeon with the British Army in Nova Scotia and New York during the American Revolution. He is best known for accompanying French inventor Jean-Pierre Blanchard on his 1785 balloon flight across the English Channel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Jeffries is the 609th most popular physician (down from 596th in 2019), the 7,785th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,427th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, John Jeffries ranks 609 out of 726. Before him are Julieta Lanteri, Serenus Sammonicus, Homa Darabi, Ludwik Rajchman, Gisela Januszewska, and Türkan Saylan. After him are Matilde Hidalgo, Cecilia Grierson, Concepción Aleixandre, Emil Holub, Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, and Mustafa Barghouti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, John Jeffries ranks 47. Before him are Timothy Pickering, Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Félix María de Samaniego, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, and Oliver Ellsworth. After him are Sydney Parkinson, William Paterson, Madhavrao I, Samuel Hearne, Anthony Wayne, and Hannah More. Among people deceased in 1819, John Jeffries ranks 31. Before him are John Playfair, Josepha Weber, Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau, Hannah Van Buren, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, and Oliver Hazard Perry. After him are Mary Moser, John Langdon, Oliver Evans, William Samuel Johnson, and Caleb Strong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Jeffries ranks 7,787 out of 20,380. Before him are Corinne Griffith (1894), Holcombe Ward (1878), Ben Bova (1932), Kathleen Battle (1948), John E. Blaha (1942), and Tess Harper (1950). After him are Amanda Bearse (1958), Molly Ringwald (1968), Rosalind Chao (1957), Joseph Williams (1960), Carl Benjamin Boyer (1906), and Alexa PenaVega (1988).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, John Jeffries ranks 71. Before him are John Ostrom (1928), Vivien Thomas (1910), William Beaumont (1785), Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), and Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901). After him are Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Stuart Kauffman (1939), Bernard Nathanson (1926), Leila Denmark (1898), William H. Welch (1850), and William C. Gorgas (1854).

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