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William Hunter

1718 - 1783

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William Hunter (23 May 1718 – 30 March 1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was a leading teacher of anatomy, and the outstanding obstetrician of his day. His guidance and training of his equally famous brother, John Hunter, was also of great importance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Hunter is the 495th most popular physician (down from 446th in 2019), the 2,975th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,477th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Hunter ranks 495 out of 726. Before him are Maryna Poroshenko, Giovanni Battista Grassi, Antonio Scarpa, Łucja Frey, Hulusi Behçet, and Edith Farkas. After him are Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, William Stewart Halsted, Soumya Swaminathan, Eugène Olivier, Constantin von Economo, and Kurt Blome.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, William Hunter ranks 18. Before him are Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, John Canton, Antoine de Chézy, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, and Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix. After him are Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Israel Putnam, John Roebuck, Elizabeth Montagu, and Hugh Blair. Among people deceased in 1783, William Hunter ranks 18. Before him are Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Johann Jakob Bodmer, Benedict Joseph Labre, Christian Mayer, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, and Nikita Ivanovich Panin. After him are Ignaz Holzbauer, and Alexander Ablesimov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hunter ranks 2,976 out of 8,785. Before him are Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Lulu (1948), Amelia Dyer (1837), David Johnson (1951), Mary Beale (1633), and Limahl (1958). After him are George Shearing (1919), Peter Cheyney (1896), Jane Morris (1839), Delroy Lindo (1952), John Ford (1586), and Matthew Garber (1956).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, William Hunter ranks 45. Before him are William Stukeley (1687), William Turner (1510), Ernest Starling (1866), James Young Simpson (1811), Rutherford Alcock (1809), and Richard Bright (1789). After him are Thomas Francis Wade (1818), Anthony Carlisle (1768), John Crawfurd (1783), Frederick Twort (1877), John Arbuthnot (1667), and Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762).

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