Thomas Hodgkin

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Thomas Hodgkin was a 19th-century British physician and pathologist best known for first describing the lymphatic cancer that now bears his name, Hodgkin lymphoma.

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instanceOf British person
human
physician
advocatedFor abolition of slavery
public health measures
rights of indigenous peoples
burialPlace Jaffa NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath dysentery
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1798-08-17
dateOfDeath 1866-04-05
educatedAt St Thomas' Hospital Medical School NERFINISHED
University of Edinburgh Medical School NERFINISHED
employer Guy's Hospital NERFINISHED
eponymOf Hodgkin lymphoma NERFINISHED
era 19th century
ethnicGroup English
familyName Hodgkin NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork hematology
medicine
pathology
givenName Thomas NERFINISHED
hasEponym Hodgkin disease NERFINISHED
knownFor first description of Hodgkin lymphoma
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal College of Physicians NERFINISHED
movement Quakerism NERFINISHED
name Thomas Hodgkin NERFINISHED
notableFor early work in preventive medicine
notableStudentOrColleague Richard Bright NERFINISHED
Thomas Addison NERFINISHED
notableWork On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen NERFINISHED
occupation pathologist
physician
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London

Pentonville NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Jaffa NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
positionHeld lecturer in morbid anatomy at Guy's Hospital
publicationYearOfNotableWork 1832
religiousAffiliation Religious Society of Friends NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
studied lymphatic system
spleen pathology

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Hodgkin lymphoma namedAfter Thomas Hodgkin
Middlesex Hospital notableAlumni Thomas Hodgkin
Neville Hodgkin nameSharesSurnameWith Thomas Hodgkin
Hodgkin family hasMember Thomas Hodgkin