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Thomas Sydenham

1624 - 1689

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Thomas Sydenham (; 10 September 1624 – 29 December 1689) was an English physician. He was the author of Observationes Medicae (1676) which became a standard textbook of medicine for two centuries so that he became known as 'The English Hippocrates'. Among his many achievements was the discovery of a disease, Sydenham's chorea, also known as St Vitus' Dance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Sydenham is the 330th most popular physician (down from 306th in 2019), the 1,913th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,652nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Thomas Sydenham ranks 330 out of 726. Before him are Vincenz Priessnitz, Leon Pinsker, Gerard van Swieten, Shinya Yamanaka, Sigmund Rascher, and Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin. After him are Bronisława Dłuska, Carlos Finlay, Aletta Jacobs, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Dorothea Erxleben, and Fernando J. Corbató.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1624, Thomas Sydenham ranks 11. Before him are George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, George Fox, Maria Miloslavskaya, François de la Chaise, Murad Bakhsh, and Arnold Geulincx. After him are Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Barent Fabritius, and Jan van de Cappelle. Among people deceased in 1689, Thomas Sydenham ranks 13. Before him are Aphra Behn, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Pjetër Bogdani, Kazimierz Łyszczyński, and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. After him are Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, and Song Si-yeol.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Sydenham ranks 1,913 out of 8,785. Before him are Louis Harold Gray (1905), David Bailey (1938), Richard Adams (1920), Martin Amis (1949), Charles Macintosh (1766), and Peter Vaughan (1923). After him are Edward Young (1683), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), John Henry Poynting (1852), Leonard Woolley (1880), John Skelton (1460), and Amy Johnson (1903).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Sydenham ranks 28. Before him are Thomas Hodgkin (1798), William Gull (1816), John Latham (1740), John Hunter (1728), Edward Bach (1886), and Harry Seeley (1839). After him are Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), William Cullen (1710), Robert Darwin (1766), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), and Robert Liston (1794).

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