Thomas Hodgkin
(1798-1866)
British pathologist
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Thomas Hodgkin (17 August 1798 – 5 April 1866) 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. 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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17 August 1798 Pentonville, St. James Parish, Middlesex
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5 April 1866 (aged 67) Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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