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William C. Gorgas

1854 - 1920

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William Crawford Gorgas KCMG (October 3, 1854 – July 3, 1920) was a United States Army physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army (1914–1918). He is best known for his work in Florida, Havana and at the Panama Canal in abating the transmission of yellow fever and malaria by controlling the mosquitoes that carry these diseases, for which he used the discoveries made by the Cuban doctor Carlos J. Finlay. At first, Finlay's strategy was greeted with considerable skepticism and opposition to such hygiene measures. However, the measures Gorgas put into practice as the head of the Panama Canal Zone Sanitation Commission saved thousands of lives and contributed to the success of the canal's construction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William C. Gorgas is the 651st most popular physician (down from 626th in 2019), the 9,524th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,207th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William C. Gorgas ranks 651 out of 726. Before him are William H. Welch, Kei Okami, Harry Benjamin, Gabriele Possanner, George E. P. Box, and Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet. After him are Walter Reed, Edward Angle, Harry Klinefelter, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, Yoshioka Yayoi, and Joseph Schröter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, William C. Gorgas ranks 116. Before him are Hermann Oldenberg, Jan Sztolcman, Queenie Newall, Takamine Jōkichi, Clorinda Matto de Turner, and Dukinfield Henry Scott. After him are Gottlieb Haberlandt, Rafael López Gutiérrez, Hjalmar Mellin, Arthur Barclay, Francis Marion Crawford, and Annie Lorrain Smith. Among people deceased in 1920, William C. Gorgas ranks 126. Before him are Benigno Ferreira, Ferdinand Feyerick, Wilberforce Eaves, Pablo Arosemena, Ludwig Ganghofer, and Pavel Shternberg. After him are Samuel Colman, Max Fürbringer, Daniel Kelly, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Walter W. Winans, and Amedee Reyburn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William C. Gorgas ranks 9,526 out of 20,380. Before him are Kelly Marie Tran (1989), Blind Willie McTell (1898), John Kundla (1916), Carleton S. Coon (1904), Jo Stafford (1917), and Lee Arenberg (1962). After him are James Dashner (1972), Laura Ramsey (1982), Jerry L. Ross (1948), Tipper Gore (1948), Bruce Buck (1946), and Steve Forbes (1947).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, William C. Gorgas ranks 77. Before him are John Jeffries (1745), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Stuart Kauffman (1939), Bernard Nathanson (1926), Leila Denmark (1898), and William H. Welch (1850). After him are Walter Reed (1851), Edward Angle (1855), Harry Klinefelter (1912), Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878), Denton Cooley (1920), and Ellen S. Baker (1953).

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