Joseph Lister

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human pioneer of antiseptic surgery surgeon

Joseph Lister was a pioneering British surgeon who revolutionized medicine by introducing antiseptic techniques that drastically reduced surgical infections and mortality.

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Joseph Lister canonical 23
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister 2
Joseph Lister, surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
pioneer of antiseptic surgery ⓘ
surgeon ⓘ
awardReceived Baronetcy of Park Crescent ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
burialPlace West Hampstead Cemetery, London ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
createdPeer 1897 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1827-04-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1912-02-10 ⓘ
developed antiseptic method for surgery ⓘ
carbolic acid spray for operating theatres ⓘ
educatedAt University College London ⓘ
University of London ⓘ
familyName Lister ⓘ
father Joseph Jackson Lister ⓘ
fieldOfWork antiseptic surgery ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
surgery ⓘ
fullName Joseph Lister self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister
givenName Joseph ⓘ
honorificTitle Baron Lister ⓘ
influenced aseptic techniques in hospitals ⓘ
modern surgical practice ⓘ
influencedBy Louis Pasteur ⓘ
knownAs Father of modern antiseptic surgery ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Royal College of Surgeons of England ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
mother Isabella Harris ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableFor introducing antiseptic techniques in surgery ⓘ
reducing surgical infections and mortality ⓘ
occupation medical scientist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
surgeon ⓘ
placeOfBirth Upton, Essex, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Walmer, Kent, England ⓘ
positionHeld President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ
President of the Royal Society ⓘ
Professor of Clinical Surgery at King’s College Hospital, London ⓘ
Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow ⓘ
religion Quaker ⓘ
spouse Agnes Syme ⓘ
Agnes Syme Lister ⓘ
usedSubstance carbolic acid ⓘ

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University College London → hasNotableAlumni → Joseph Lister ⓘ
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Agnes Syme → spouse → Joseph Lister ⓘ
Agnes Syme Lister → spouse → Joseph Lister ⓘ
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Agnes Syme Lister → notableAssociate → Joseph Lister ⓘ
Isabella Harris → motherOf → Joseph Lister ⓘ
Isabella Harris → hasChild → Joseph Lister ⓘ
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Baronetcy of Park Crescent → hasFirstHolder → Joseph Lister ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Sir Joseph Lister
Baronetcy of Park Crescent → isTitleOf → Joseph Lister ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Joseph Lister, Baronet of Park Crescent
Joseph Jackson Lister → child → Joseph Lister ⓘ
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Joseph Jackson Lister → hasOccupationRelative → Joseph Lister ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph Lister, surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery
West Hampstead Cemetery, London → hasNotableBurial → Joseph Lister ⓘ
subject surface form: West Hampstead Cemetery
Mount Lister → namedAfter → Joseph Lister ⓘ