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Thomas Hodgkin

1798 - 1866

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Thomas Hodgkin RMS (17 August 1798 – 5 April 1866) was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the first account of Hodgkin's disease, a form of lymphoma and blood disease, in 1832. Hodgkin's work marked the beginning of times when a pathologist was actively involved in the clinical process. He was a contemporary of Thomas Addison and Richard Bright at Guy's Hospital in London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Hodgkin is the 280th most popular physician (up from 281st in 2019), the 1,643rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,459th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 280 out of 726. Before him are Johann Conrad Dippel, 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi, Eduard Wirths, August Oetker, Hans Berger, and Regnier de Graaf. After him are Hiraga Gennai, Guillaume Dupuytren, Neferkare Neby, Irmfried Eberl, Norman Bethune, and Ali ibn Ridwan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 18. Before him are Mpande kaSenzangakhona, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Alexander Gorchakov, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Franz Ernst Neumann, and Alexander McDonnell. After him are Archduchess Clementina of Austria, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dionysios Solomos, Jules Armand Dufaure, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Andries Pretorius. Among people deceased in 1866, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 14. Before him are Philipp Franz von Siebold, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, William Whewell, Chief Seattle, Friedrich Rückert, and Rikard Nordraak. After him are Adolph Diesterweg, Paul Gavarni, Alexander von Nordmann, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Massimo d'Azeglio, and Winfield Scott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 1,643 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Trollope (1815), John Hanning Speke (1827), Julian Glover (1935), James Cosmo (1947), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), and Lucinda Riley (1965). After him are Walafrid Strabo (808), Oliver Lodge (1851), Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836), Nigel Short (1965), Michael Owen (1979), and Gary Lineker (1960).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hodgkin ranks 22. Before him are Mungo Park (1771), James Lind (1716), Cicely Saunders (1918), Clarke Abel (1780), Henry Gray (1827), and Thomas Addison (1793). After him are William Gull (1816), John Latham (1740), John Hunter (1728), Edward Bach (1886), Harry Seeley (1839), and Thomas Sydenham (1624).

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