Thomas Hodgkin
Sign in to saveBritish pathologist and social reformer (1798-1866)
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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Hodgkin , 17 August 1798, Pentonville, Middlesex , England
- Died
- 5 April 1866 (1866-04-05) (aged 67), Jaffa , Jerusalem Sanjak , Ottoman Palestine
- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- Father
- John Hodgkin
- Known for
- Preventive medicine , First account of Hodgkin's Disease
- Fields
- Pathologist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Jaffa
- Educated at
- King's College London
- Field of work
- anatomical pathology
- Image
- Thomas Hodgkin photo.jpg
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- date of death
- 1866-04-05
- date of birth
- 1798-08-17
- Commons category
- Thomas Hodgkin
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Thomas Hodgkin
- cause of death
- dysentery
- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Hodgkin RMS (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 in London.
Early life
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