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Richard Bright

1789 - 1858

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Richard Bright (28 September 1789 – 16 December 1858) was an English physician and early pioneer in the research of kidney disease. He is particularly known for his description of Bright's disease. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Bright is the 488th most popular physician (down from 475th in 2019), the 2,935th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,710th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Richard Bright ranks 488 out of 726. Before him are Ernest Starling, Wilhelm His Sr., Kyusaku Ogino, Gustav Fischer, James Young Simpson, and Rutherford Alcock. After him are Maryna Poroshenko, Giovanni Battista Grassi, Antonio Scarpa, Łucja Frey, Hulusi Behçet, and Edith Farkas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Richard Bright ranks 33. Before him are Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Henry Pottinger, Manuel Gómez Pedraza, Charles Rivière-Hérard, Carlos María de Alvear, and Auguste Couder. After him are Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Friedrich Silcher, Carlos Soublette, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Peter Joseph Lenné, and Manuel de la Peña y Peña. Among people deceased in 1858, Richard Bright ranks 40. Before him are Charles-Louis Havas, Sigismund von Neukomm, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Johann Baptist Cramer, Julius Reubke, and Joseph Paul Gaimard. After him are Ghezo, Francisco Antonio Pinto, Jhalkaribai, José de la Riva Agüero, Georgios Kountouriotis, and José Gregorio Monagas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Bright ranks 2,936 out of 8,785. Before him are C. Aubrey Smith (1863), Bridget Riley (1931), Barry Jackson (1938), Henry of Scotland (1115), Ian Rankin (1960), and Peter Atkins (1940). After him are Frank Watson Dyson (1868), John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), Max Horton (1883), Galyani Vadhana (1923), Lottie Dod (1871), and Neil Young (1944).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Richard Bright ranks 44. Before him are William Bayliss (1860), William Stukeley (1687), William Turner (1510), Ernest Starling (1866), James Young Simpson (1811), and Rutherford Alcock (1809). After him are William Hunter (1718), Thomas Francis Wade (1818), Anthony Carlisle (1768), John Crawfurd (1783), Frederick Twort (1877), and John Arbuthnot (1667).

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