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Theobald Smith

1859 - 1934

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Theobald Smith FRS(For) HFRSE (July 31, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was a pioneering epidemiologist, bacteriologist, pathologist and professor. Smith is widely considered to be America's first internationally-significant medical research scientist. Smith's research work included the study of babesiosis (originally known as Texas cattle fever) and the more-general epidemiology of cattle diseases caused by tick borne diseases. He also described the bacterium Salmonella enterica (formerly called Salmonella choleraesuis), a species of Salmonella, named for the Bureau of Animal Industry chief Daniel E. Salmon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theobald Smith is the 994th most popular biologist (down from 886th in 2019), the 9,786th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,450th in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Theobald Smith ranks 994 out of 1,097. Before him are John Cassin, Max Fürbringer, George Montagu, Gottlieb Haberlandt, Herbert Boyer, and George Engelmann. After him are Samuel Garman, David A. Sinclair, Ryuta Kawashima, John Claudius Loudon, Edward William Nelson, and Vladimir Sukachev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Theobald Smith ranks 138. Before him are Kei Okami, Alice Eastwood, Paolo Orsi, Vjenceslav Novak, August von Gödrich, and Sigurd Ibsen. After him are Christopher Hornsrud, Sidney Lee, George Lansbury, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Tom Watson, and Katharine Lee Bates. Among people deceased in 1934, Theobald Smith ranks 160. Before him are Dukinfield Henry Scott, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Walther von Dyck, Majit Gafuri, Joel Lehtonen, and José Santos Chocano. After him are Ferenc Móra, Edgeworth David, Edward William Nelson, Karl Dane, Sergey Lebedev, and Zdenka Braunerová.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theobald Smith ranks 9,788 out of 20,380. Before him are Lucinda Williams (1953), Cory Booker (1969), Anita Stewart (1895), Criss Angel (1967), Dorothy Janis (1912), and Nicky Jam (1981). After him are Craig Jones (1972), Lewis Teague (1938), Jim Gordon (1945), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Glenn Morshower (1959), and Buck Angel (1962).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Theobald Smith ranks 149. Before him are William Healey Dall (1845), John Torrey (1796), Richard Evans Schultes (1915), James Chapin (1889), John Cassin (1813), and Herbert Boyer (1936). After him are Samuel Garman (1843), Edward William Nelson (1855), G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906), Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), Annie Montague Alexander (1867), and Charles Sprague Sargent (1841).

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