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William Bates

1860 - 1931

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William Horatio Bates (December 23, 1860 – July 10, 1931) was an American physician who practiced ophthalmology and developed what became known as the Bates method for better eyesight. The method was based in his theory that the eye does not focus by changing the power of the lens, but rather by elongating the eyeball through use of the extraocular oblique muscles; this model contradicted mainstream ophthalmology and optometry then and now. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Bates is the 418th most popular physician (down from 334th in 2019), the 4,202nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,055th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Bates ranks 418 out of 726. Before him are Aemilia Hilaria, Justinus Kerner, Kiyoshi Shiga, Lorna Wing, Ewald Hering, and Wilhelm Griesinger. After him are Max Heindel, Adolf Kussmaul, Michael Maier, Nicolae Paulescu, Andrew Yao, and Bernard de Jussieu.

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Among people born in 1860, William Bates ranks 77. Before him are Manuel Teixeira Gomes, André Prévost, Max von Oppenheim, Emil von Reznicek, Hugo Preuß, and Edward MacDowell. After him are Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas, Johannes Thiele, Kaarlo Castrén, Albert Kahn, Henrietta Szold, and Eugen Goldstein. Among people deceased in 1931, William Bates ranks 67. Before him are Franz Schalk, Melvil Dewey, Gustaf Kossinna, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Xu Zhimo, and Jean-Louis Forain. After him are Wilson Bentley, Nicolae Paulescu, David Starr Jordan, Hanns Hörbiger, Rachel Bluwstein, and Viktor Dyk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Bates ranks 4,202 out of 20,380. Before him are David Huddleston (1930), Charles Barton (1902), George Dewey (1837), William Stevenson (1900), Muse Watson (1948), and Parry O'Brien (1932). After him are Jerry Unser Jr. (1932), Robert Indiana (1928), Karch Kiraly (1960), Jef Raskin (1943), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), and Robert David Hall (1947).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, William Bates ranks 49. Before him are James Curtis Hepburn (1815), Thomas Horsfield (1773), Priscilla Chan (1985), Philip Showalter Hench (1896), Jack Kevorkian (1928), and Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895). After him are Andrew Taylor Still (1828), Crawford Long (1815), Deborah Birx (1956), Benjamin Rush (1745), Helen B. Taussig (1898), and Warren Sturgis McCulloch (1898).

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