Thomas Hodgkin

Physician

1798 – 1866

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Who was Thomas Hodgkin?

Thomas Hodgkin was an English 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. Hodgkin's work marked the beginning of times when a pathologist was actively involved in the clinical process. He was a contemporary of Thomas Addison and Richard Bright at Guy's Hospital.

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Born
Aug 17, 1798
Pentonville
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • King's College London
  • University of Edinburgh
Employment
  • Guy's Hospital
Lived in
  • Islington
Died
Apr 5, 1866
Jaffa

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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