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William Osler

1849 - 1919

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Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians. He has frequently been described as the Father of Modern Medicine and one of the "greatest diagnosticians ever to wield a stethoscope". In addition to being a physician he was a bibliophile, historian, author, and renowned practical joker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Osler is the 304th most popular physician (up from 305th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Canada (down from 128th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Osler ranks 304 out of 726. Before him are Jan Jesenius, Eva Klein, Caesarius of Nazianzus, Ennio Antonelli, Saint Fabiola, and Mehmet Oz. After him are Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Antonio Maria Valsalva, John Latham, John Hunter, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari, and Grunya Sukhareva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, William Osler ranks 44. Before him are Hong Tianguifu, Herbert von Bismarck, Saionji Kinmochi, Georg Luger, Empress Shōken, and Dersu Uzala. After him are Karl Brugmann, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, Johan August Brinell, Oscar Hertwig, and Alexander von Krobatin. Among people deceased in 1919, William Osler ranks 59. Before him are Adelina Patti, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Feng Guozhang, Friedrich Naumann, Luigi Illica, and Hugo Haase. After him are Franz von Liszt, Karl Brugmann, Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Eugen Leviné, Raymonde de Laroche, and Evelyn De Morgan.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, William Osler ranks 138 out of 1,622. Before him are Ian Stevenson (1918), Walter Huston (1883), David Morrell (1943), Bruce Greenwood (1956), Rocky Johnson (1944), and Tommy Burns (1881). After him are Louis Riel (1844), Ryan Gosling (1980), Rachel McAdams (1978), Stephen Harper (1959), Paul Martin (1938), and William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Canada

Among physicians born in Canada, William Osler ranks 6. Before him are Frederick Banting (1891), Oswald Avery (1877), David H. Hubel (1926), Charles Brenton Huggins (1901), and Norman Bethune (1890). After him are Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), Édouard Gagnon (1918), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), Maude Abbott (1868), James Heilman (1979), and Alaa Murabit (1989).

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