Category: Medical Pioneers

Categories: Invention and Innovation | Notables

Landing level category for profiles of persons who made significant contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences.

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אברהם (סאפירשטײן) Sabin 26 Aug 1906 Białystok, Białystok Uyezd, Grodno Guberniya, Russian Empire - 03 Mar 1993

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Louisa Aldrich-Blake 15 Aug 1865 Chingford, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 28 Dec 1925

Dorothy Andersen 15 May 1901 Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States - 03 Mar 1963

Virginia Apgar 07 Jun 1909 Westfield, Union, New Jersey, United States - 07 Aug 1974

Ray Avery 1940s

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Alice Ball 24 Jul 1892 Seattle, King, Washington, United States - 31 Dec 1916

Louis Barnett 24 Mar 1865 Wellington, New Zealand - 27 Oct 1946

John Billings 12 Apr 1838 Allensville, Switzerland County, Indiana, USA - 11 Mar 1913

Elizabeth Blackwell 03 Feb 1821 Dickson Street, Bristol, England - 31 May 1910

Brian (Boyes) Barratt-Boyes 13 Jan 1924 Wellington, New Zealand - 08 Mar 2006

Mary Breckinridge abt 17 Feb 1881 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States - 16 May 1965

Rachel Brown 23 Nov 1898 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States - 14 Jan 1980

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James Collip 20 Nov 1892 Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada - 19 Jun 1965

Joseph Coulter 18 Aug 1924 Butler Township, Butler, Missouri, United States - 27 Nov 1995

Wallace Coulter 17 Feb 1913 Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States - 07 Aug 1998

R Cowley 25 Jul 1917 Layton, Davis, Utah, United States - 27 Oct 1991

Harvey Cushing 08 Apr 1869 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - 07 Oct 1939

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Janet (Davison) Rowley 05 Apr 1925 New York City, New York, United States - 13 Dec 2013

Forest Dodrill 26 Jan 1902 Webster, West Virginia, United States - 28 Jun 1997

Charles Drew 03 Jun 1904 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 01 Apr 1950

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Robert Edwards 27 Sep 1925 Batley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 10 Apr 2013

Gertrude Elion 23 Jan 1918 New York City, New York, United States - 21 Feb 1999

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Clarice Farrell 13 Apr 1904 Monkland Station, Stormont, Ontario, Canada - 24 Sep 1986

Alexander Fleming 06 Aug 1881 Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Mar 1955

William Fowler 14 Mar 1876 Edinburgh, Scotland - 04 Oct 1933

Walter Freeman 14 Nov 1895 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 31 May 1972

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John Gibbon 29 Sep 1903 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 05 Feb 1973

Frederic Gibbs 09 Feb 1903 Baltimore, Maryland, United States - 18 Oct 1992

Harold Gillies 17 Jun 1882 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand - 10 Sep 1960

Charles Greene 17 Apr 1901 Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England - 06 Dec 1982

Lucy Gullett 28 Sep 1876 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia - 12 Nov 1949

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Alice Hamilton 27 Feb 1869 Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States - 22 Sep 1970

Graham Harding 19 Mar 1937 United Kingdom - 20 Oct 2018

Henry Harrower 30 Apr 1883 London, England, United Kingdom - 02 Jan 1953

June (Hart) Almeida 05 Oct 1930 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 Dec 2007

Henry Heimlich 03 Feb 1920 Washington, Delaware, United States - 17 Dec 2016

Basil Hetzel 13 Jun 1922 Fulham, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 04 Feb 2017

Maurice Hilleman 30 Aug 1919 Miles City, Custer County, Montana, USA - 11 Apr 2005

Charles Huggins 09 May 1929 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 18 Apr 1990

Charles Huggins 22 Sep 1901 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 12 Jan 1997

Kenneth Hugh-Jones 21 Dec 1923 Herne Bay, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 02 May 2013

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Cecil Jacobson 02 Oct 1936 Salt Lake, Utah, United States - 05 Mar 2021

Julius Jeffreys 14 Sep 1800 Hall Place, Bexley, Kent, England - 13 May 1877

Edward Jenner 17 May 1749 Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England - 26 Jan 1823

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Thomas Kirkbride 31 Jul 1809 Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - 16 Dec 1883

Willem Johan Kolff 14 Feb 1911 Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland - 11 Feb 2009

Elizabeth (Kubler) Kubler-Ross 06 Jul 1926 Zürich, Switzerland - 2004

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Brenda (Langford) Milner 1910s

Jesse Lazear 02 May 1866 Baltimore, Maryland, United States - 25 Sep 1900

Rita Levi-Montalcini 22 Apr 1909 Torino, Piedmont, Italy - 30 Dec 2012

Joseph Lister 05 Apr 1827 Upton, Essex, England - 10 Feb 1912

Crawford Long 01 Nov 1815 Danielsville, Madison, Georgia, United States - 16 Jun 1878

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Clara Maass 28 Jun 1876 East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States - 24 Aug 1901

John Macleod 06 Sep 1876 Clunie, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 16 Mar 1935

Annie Macnamara 01 Apr 1899 Beechworth, Colony of Victoria - 13 Oct 1968

Barry Marshall 1950s

Henry Maudsley 05 Feb 1835 Giggleswick, Yorkshire, England - 23 Jan 1918

Archibald McAlpine 19 Aug 1890 Garscadden, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom - 04 Feb 1981

James McCaw 12 Jul 1823 Richmond, Virginia, United States - 12 Aug 1906

Ephraim McDowell 11 Nov 1771 Augusta, Virginia - 25 Jun 1830

Archibald McIndoe 04 May 1900 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand - 11 Apr 1960

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Johann Mendel 20 Jul 1822 Hyncice, Northern Moravia, Austrian Silesia - 06 Jan 1884

Donald Metcalf 26 Feb 1929 Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia - 15 Dec 2014

Jean (Mitchell) Morehead 29 Jul 1933 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - 19 Jan 2022

William Morton 09 Aug 1819 Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts - 15 Jul 1868

William Morton 03 Jul 1845 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts - 26 Mar 1920

Helen (Murray) Free 20 Feb 1923 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States - 01 May 2021

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Georgios Papanikolaou 13 May 1883 Kυmis, Euboea, Greece - 19 Feb 1962

Louis Pasteur 27 Dec 1822 Dole, Jura, France - 28 Sep 1895

Philippe Pinel 20 Apr 1745 Saint-André, France - 25 Oct 1826

Loretta (Pleasant) Lacks 01 Aug 1920 Roanoke City, Virginia, United States - 04 Oct 1951

Weston Price 06 Sep 1870 Newburgh, Lennox and Addington, Canada West - 23 Jan 1948

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Gerty (Radnitz) Cori 15 Aug 1896 Prague, Bohemia, Austria - 26 Oct 1957

Malinda Richards 27 Jul 1841 Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States - 16 Apr 1930

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Jonas Salk 28 Oct 1914 New York City, New York, United States - 23 Jun 1995

Béla Schick 16 Jul 1877 Balatonboglár, Hungary - 06 Dec 1967

Hugo Schiff 26 Apr 1834 Frankfurt, Germany - 08 Sep 1915

Florence Seibert 06 Oct 1897 Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States - 23 Aug 1991

Henrik Samuel Konrad Sjögren 23 Jul 1899 Köpings, Västmanland, Sverige - 17 Sep 1986

Thomas Starzl 11 Mar 1926 Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, United States - 04 Mar 2017

Rosalyn (Sussman) Yalow 19 Jul 1921 The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States - 30 May 2011

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Helen Taussig 24 May 1898 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts - 20 May 1986

Augustus Thorndike 1896 - 29 Jan 1986

Thomas Tuke 13 Jun 1826 Somerset, England, United Kingdom - abt 09 Jun 1888

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Herbert Edgar Warden 1920 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - 14 Jan 2002

Aldred Warthin 21 Oct 1866 Greensburg, Washington Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States - 23 May 1931

James Watts 19 Jan 1904 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States - 07 Nov 1994

Josias Weitprecht 06 Nov 1702 Schorndorf, Württemberg, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 28 Feb 1747

Toby Whitlock 1930s - 2010s

John Wild 11 Aug 1914 Kent, England, United Kingdom - 18 Sep 2009

Almroth Wright 10 Aug 1861 Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Apr 1947

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