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Thomas Hodgkin

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British 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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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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Hodgkin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.