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William Turner

1510 - 1568

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William Turner (1509/10 – 13 July 1568) was an English divine and reformer, a physician and a natural historian. He has been called “the father of English botany”. He studied medicine in Italy, and was a friend of the great Swiss naturalist, Conrad Gessner. He was an early herbalist and ornithologist, and it is in these fields that the most interest lies today. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Turner is the 476th most popular physician (up from 488th in 2019), the 2,814th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,780th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Turner ranks 476 out of 726. Before him are Helen B. Taussig, William Chester Minor, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, David Cooper, Petrus Alphonsi, and Warren Sturgis McCulloch. After him are Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, Friedrich von Huene, and Ernest Starling.

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Among people born in 1510, William Turner ranks 34. Before him are Bonaventure des Périers, Tullia d'Aragona, Ivan Fyodorov, Ferenc Dávid, Wan Hu, and Martynas Mažvydas. After him are Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza, Simão Rodrigues, Levina Teerlinc, Gáspár Heltai, and Islam Shah Suri. Among people deceased in 1568, William Turner ranks 18. Before him are Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Nicolaus Olahus, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, Ashikaga Yoshihide, and Garcia de Orta. After him are Roger Ascham, and Gaspar Becerra.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Turner ranks 2,815 out of 8,785. Before him are Harold Laski (1893), Vanessa Angel (1966), John Cockerill (1790), Alexander Albon (1996), Gilbert Walker (1868), and Bobby Sands (1954). After him are George Rooke (1650), Toby Jones (1966), Siân Phillips (1933), Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), John Robison (1739), and Steven Wilson (1967).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, William Turner ranks 40. Before him are Robert Liston (1794), Lorna Wing (1928), James Braid (1795), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), William Bayliss (1860), and William Stukeley (1687). After him are Ernest Starling (1866), James Young Simpson (1811), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Richard Bright (1789), William Hunter (1718), and Thomas Francis Wade (1818).

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