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Patrick Manson

1844 - 1922

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Sir Patrick Manson (3 October 1844 – 9 April 1922) was a Scottish physician who made important discoveries in parasitology, and was a founder of the field of tropical medicine. He graduated from the University of Aberdeen with degrees in Master of Surgery, Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Law. His medical career spanned mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and London. He discovered that filariasis in humans is transmitted by mosquitoes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Manson is the 617th most popular biologist (down from 527th in 2019), the 2,923rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,624th in 2019) and the 91st most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Patrick Manson ranks 617 out of 1,097. Before him are Fritz Schaudinn, Franz Steindachner, Émile Oustalet, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Imre Frivaldszky, and Charles Walter De Vis. After him are Emil Racoviță, Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Euclides da Cunha, Alfred Grandidier, and Ray Lankester.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Patrick Manson ranks 70. Before him are Gustave Schlumberger, Olga Wisinger-Florian, Édouard Drumont, Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn, Kuroki Tamemoto, and Émile Oustalet. After him are Konstantin Savitsky, Sanford B. Dole, James Guillaume, Pyotr Tkachev, Detlev von Liliencron, and Jules de Burlet. Among people deceased in 1922, Patrick Manson ranks 88. Before him are Lord Leopold Mountbatten, Alexander Antonov, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Petros Protopapadakis, Pavle Jurišić Šturm, and Berthold Delbrück. After him are Iwan Bloch, William Stewart Halsted, John Munro Longyear, Louis Duchesne, James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, and Ernest Lavisse.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Manson ranks 2,924 out of 8,785. Before him are Tom Finney (1922), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Gary Stevens (1963), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Fergus Suter (1857), and Ian Dury (1942). After him are Mark Addy (1964), Christopher Hill (1912), Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261), Rachel Roberts (1927), C. Aubrey Smith (1863), and Bridget Riley (1931).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Patrick Manson ranks 91. Before him are Sarah Gilbert (1962), John Gilbert Baker (1834), Frederick DuCane Godman (1834), Philip Henry Gosse (1810), William Speirs Bruce (1867), and Charles Walter De Vis (1829). After him are Ray Lankester (1847), John Richardson (1787), Philip Barker-Webb (1793), William John Burchell (1781), Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761), and Daniel Oliver (1830).

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