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John Langdon Down

1828 - 1896

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John Langdon Haydon Down (18 November 1828 – 7 October 1896) was a British physician best known for his description of the genetic condition Down syndrome which he originally classified in 1862. He is also noted for his work in social medicine and as a pioneer in the care of mentally disabled patients. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Langdon Down is the 218th most popular physician (down from 160th in 2019), the 1,265th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 805th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Physician.

John Langdon Down was a doctor who first described what is now known as Down syndrome in 1866.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, John Langdon Down ranks 218 out of 726. Before him are Frederick Griffith, Guy de Chauliac, Waldemar Hoven, Mehriban Aliyeva, Zhang Zhongjing, and Bernardino Ramazzini. After him are Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Barry Marshall, Carl Ludwig, Sebastian Kneipp, Eduard Bloch, and Mondino de Luzzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, John Langdon Down ranks 17. Before him are Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Albert Marth, Ferdinand Cohn, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Albert of Saxony, and Louise of the Netherlands. After him are Joseph Swan, Paul Gachet, Edmond François Valentin About, Alexander Butlerov, Friedrich Albert Lange, and Charles de Freycinet. Among people deceased in 1896, John Langdon Down ranks 24. Before him are Louis-Jules Trochu, Richard Avenarius, Ambroise Thomas, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Prince Henry of Battenberg, and George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.. After him are Emil du Bois-Reymond, Ichiyō Higuchi, Ante Starčević, Maurice de Hirsch, Heinrich von Treitschke, and Ernst Engel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Langdon Down ranks 1,265 out of 8,785. Before him are E. L. James (1963), Richard Hamilton (1922), Don Airey (1948), Cozy Powell (1947), Ally McCoist (1962), and Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871). After him are Margaret Bondfield (1873), Gideon Mantell (1790), Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), George Canning (1770), Taron Egerton (1989), and Charles W. Alcock (1842).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, John Langdon Down ranks 15. Before him are James Parkinson (1755), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Robert Knox (1791), Hans Sloane (1660), Thomas Willis (1621), and Frederick Griffith (1879). After him are Mungo Park (1771), James Lind (1716), Cicely Saunders (1918), Clarke Abel (1780), Henry Gray (1827), and Thomas Addison (1793).

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