Thomas Hodgkin
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 158 years ago |
Date of birth | August 17,1798 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Pentonville |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | April 5,1866 |
Died | Jaffa |
Tel Aviv-Yafo | |
Israel | |
Field | Pathology |
Parents | John Hodgkin |
Elizabeth Rickman | |
Nationality | British |
Known for | Preventive medicine First account of Hodgkin's Disease |
Education | The University of Edinburgh |
Books | On the Rule of the Society of Friends which Forbids the Marriage of Fisrt[!]-cousins |
Spouse | Sarah Frances Callow Scaife |
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ID | 774217 |
Thomas Hodgkin Life story
Thomas Hodgkin RMS was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the first account of Hodgkin's disease, a form of lymphoma and blood disease, in 1832.