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Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet

1816 - 1892

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Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (20 July 1816 – 29 March 1892) was an English surgeon, histologist and anatomist. He is best known for his research using microscopes to study various human organs, though during his lifetime he pursued a successful career as an ophthalmologist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet is the 446th most popular physician (down from 384th in 2019), the 2,620th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,101st in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet ranks 446 out of 726. Before him are James Braid, Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Ernest Duchesne, Giorgio Biandrata, Antonio Bertoloni, and Dorotea Bucca. After him are Rebecca Guarna, Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky, Ferdinand von Mueller, Luca Ghini, Divna Veković, and Hans Münch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet ranks 32. Before him are Paul Gervais, August Karl von Goeben, Emanuel Leutze, Malwida von Meysenbug, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, and Ion Ghica. After him are Dmitry Milyutin, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Dimitrie Ghica, Charles-Denis Bourbaki, Lajos Haynald, and Jean Frédéric Frenet. Among people deceased in 1892, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet ranks 53. Before him are Anthon van Rappard, Abdyl Frashëri, Theodor Meynert, Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, Constantin von Alvensleben, and Eduard August von Regel. After him are Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Caroline Harrison, Pieter Willem Korthals, György Klapka, James B. Francis, and Albert Aurier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet ranks 2,621 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), Edith Tolkien (1889), Frank Finlay (1926), John Henry Mackay (1864), Rupert Sheldrake (1942), and Joe Jordan (1951). After him are John Mahoney (1940), John Foxe (1516), Patricia Quinn (1944), Janet McTeer (1961), Perry Anderson (1938), and William Wilson (1844).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet ranks 37. Before him are William Cullen (1710), Robert Darwin (1766), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), Robert Liston (1794), Lorna Wing (1928), and James Braid (1795). After him are William Bayliss (1860), William Stukeley (1687), William Turner (1510), Ernest Starling (1866), James Young Simpson (1811), and Rutherford Alcock (1809).

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