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Robert Knox

1791 - 1862

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Robert Knox (4 September 1791 – 20 December 1862) was a Scottish anatomist and ethnologist best known for his involvement in the Burke and Hare murders. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Knox eventually partnered with anatomist and former teacher John Barclay and became a lecturer on anatomy in the city, where he introduced the theory of transcendental anatomy. However, Knox's incautious methods of obtaining cadavers for dissection before the passage of the Anatomy Act 1832 and disagreements with professional colleagues ruined his reputation in Scotland. Following these developments, he moved to London, though this did not revive his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Knox is the 177th most popular physician (up from 512th in 2019), the 1,050th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,973rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Robert Knox ranks 177 out of 726. Before him are Andrew Schally, Merit-Ptah, Oswald Avery, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Bernardo Houssay, and Friedrich Miescher. After him are August von Wassermann, Engelbert Kaempfer, Michael Stuart Brown, Joseph Calasanz, David H. Hubel, and Nicolaes Tulp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, Robert Knox ranks 15. Before him are Franz Bopp, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Francesco Hayez, Johann Franz Encke, Franz Grillparzer, and Eugène Scribe. After him are István Széchenyi, Félix Savart, Peter Cooper, Friedrich Parrot, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, and Minh Mạng. Among people deceased in 1862, Robert Knox ranks 13. Before him are Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Fromental Halévy, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Božena Němcová, James Clark Ross, and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry. After him are Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Carlos Antonio López, Elizabeth Siddal, Carl Ludwig Blume, Karl Nesselrode, and Henry Thomas Buckle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Knox ranks 1,050 out of 8,785. Before him are Duncan I of Scotland (1001), John Cale (1942), Dennis W. Sciama (1926), William Webb Ellis (1806), Ninian (360), and Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864). After him are Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham (1458), Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878), Anna Atkins (1799), Julian Huxley (1887), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), and John Balliol (1249).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Knox ranks 11. Before him are Alan Hodgkin (1914), John Snow (1813), James Black (1924), Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), James Parkinson (1755), and Elizabeth Blackwell (1821). After him are Hans Sloane (1660), Thomas Willis (1621), Frederick Griffith (1879), John Langdon Down (1828), Mungo Park (1771), and James Lind (1716).

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