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Thomas Willis

1621 - 1675

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Thomas Willis FRS (27 January 1621 – 11 November 1675) was an English physician who played an important part in the history of anatomy, neurology, and psychiatry, and was a founding member of the Royal Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Willis is the 211th most popular physician (down from 208th in 2019), the 1,227th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,062nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Thomas Willis ranks 211 out of 726. Before him are Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Marcel Petiot, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Patch Adams, Louis Ignarro, and Philipp Franz von Siebold. After him are Frederick Griffith, Guy de Chauliac, Waldemar Hoven, Mehriban Aliyeva, Zhang Zhongjing, and Bernardino Ramazzini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1621, Thomas Willis ranks 5. Before him are Jean de La Fontaine, Louis, Grand Condé, George II Rákóczi, and Amakusa Shirō. After him are Petar Zrinski, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Allaert van Everdingen, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, and Isaac van Ostade. Among people deceased in 1675, Thomas Willis ranks 7. Before him are Johannes Vermeer, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Gerrit Dou, Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, James Gregory, and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. After him are Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Leopoldo de' Medici, and Allaert van Everdingen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Willis ranks 1,227 out of 8,785. Before him are Natascha McElhone (1969), Mick Jones (1955), Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), David C. H. Austin (1926), Inigo Jones (1573), and Rosemary Harris (1927). After him are William the Lion (1142), Frederick Griffith (1879), Adelard of Bath (1075), Billy Idol (1955), James Dunlop (1793), and Prince Michael of Kent (1942).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Willis ranks 13. Before him are James Black (1924), Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), James Parkinson (1755), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Robert Knox (1791), and Hans Sloane (1660). After him are Frederick Griffith (1879), John Langdon Down (1828), Mungo Park (1771), James Lind (1716), Cicely Saunders (1918), and Clarke Abel (1780).

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