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William Beaumont

1785 - 1853

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William Beaumont (November 21, 1785 – April 25, 1853) was a surgeon in the U.S. Army who became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" for his research on human digestion on Alexis St. Martin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Beaumont is the 558th most popular physician (up from 578th in 2019), the 6,393rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,754th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Beaumont ranks 558 out of 726. Before him are Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Antonius Musa, Arkady Vorobyov, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, Sergey Botkin, and Willem Johan Kolff. After him are John Arbuthnot, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Devi Shetty, Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, María Teresa Ferrari, and Ludwig Aschoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, William Beaumont ranks 47. Before him are August Immanuel Bekker, Martín Miguel de Güemes, Francisco Antonio Pinto, Anna Sundström, Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, and Abel de Pujol. After him are Karol Kurpiński, János Scitovszky, Ján Hollý, Oliver Hazard Perry, Manuel Basilio Bustamante, and Arvid August Afzelius. Among people deceased in 1853, William Beaumont ranks 44. Before him are Louis Visconti, Augustin Saint-Hilaire, Auguste Laurent, Maria Quitéria, Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, and Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers. After him are Cesare Balbo, Andrés Narvarte, Joseph von Radowitz, Tommaso Grossi, Ditlev Blunck, and Lucas Alamán.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Beaumont ranks 6,394 out of 20,380. Before him are Wes Unseld (1946), Julia Quinn (1970), Walter Piston (1894), Daniel Quillen (1940), John Ottman (1964), and Richard Lewontin (1929). After him are Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926), Levon Helm (1940), Christine Elise (1965), Eddie Slovik (1920), Stephen Allen Benson (1816), and James Marsters (1962).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, William Beaumont ranks 67. Before him are Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), Florence R. Sabin (1871), Frank H. Netter (1906), Ancel Keys (1904), John Ostrom (1928), and Vivien Thomas (1910). After him are Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), John Jeffries (1745), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), and Stuart Kauffman (1939).

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