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Stephen Hales

1677 - 1761

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Stephen Hales (17 September 1677 – 4 January 1761) was an English clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology. He was the first person to measure blood pressure. He also invented several devices, including a ventilator, a pneumatic trough and a surgical forceps for the removal of bladder stones. In addition to these achievements, he was a philanthropist and wrote a popular tract on alcoholic intemperance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Hales is the 342nd most popular physicist (up from 352nd in 2019), the 1,253rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,224th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Stephen Hales ranks 342 out of 851. Before him are Jan Ingenhousz, John B. Goodenough, Fritjof Capra, Robert B. Laughlin, Thomas Johann Seebeck, and Bruno Pontecorvo. After him are Giorgio Parisi, Joseph Swan, Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, Yakov Zeldovich, Walther Gerlach, and John G. Trump.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1677, Stephen Hales ranks 5. Before him are Stanisław Leszczyński, Li Ching-Yuen, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, and Jacques Cassini. After him are Johann Ludwig Bach, Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg, Pietro Grimani, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, Nicola Fago, and Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1761, Stephen Hales ranks 6. Before him are Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Thomas Bayes, Pieter van Musschenbroek, Samuel Richardson, and Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen. After him are Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Tokugawa Ieshige, Balaji Baji Rao, Clemens August of Bavaria, Pierre Fauchard, and Tarabai.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Hales ranks 1,253 out of 8,785. Before him are John Dunstaple (1390), John Haigh (1909), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), James Stirling (1926), Louisa Adams (1775), and Robert Browning (1812). After him are Ann Jones (1938), John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718), Leopold Stokowski (1882), Lady Byron (1792), Denholm Elliott (1922), and P. D. James (1920).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Stephen Hales ranks 42. Before him are Daniel Rutherford (1749), Peter Mansfield (1933), Charles Wheatstone (1802), Freeman Dyson (1923), Dennis W. Sciama (1926), and John Stewart Bell (1928). After him are Joseph Swan (1828), William Whewell (1794), Duncan Haldane (1951), William Sturgeon (1783), John Kerr (1824), and William Watson (1715).

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