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Q369668
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Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital (1849–1919)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1849-07-12 ) July 12, 1849, Bond Head , Canada West
- Died
- December 29, 1919 (1919-12-29) (aged 70), Oxford , England
- Alma mater
- McGill University ( MDCM )
- Known for
- Co-founding physician of Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Spouse
- Grace Revere
- Children
- 2 sons
- Fields
- Physician, pathologist, internist, educator, bibliophile, author and historian
- Institutions
- McGill University Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Johns Hopkins Hospital University of Pennsylvania University of Oxford
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- head of department
- Educated at
- Trinity College
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Noble title
- baronet
- Field of work
- medicine
- Image
- William Osler c1912.jpg
- Work location
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1849-07-12
- date of death
- 1919-12-29
- Commons category
- William Osler
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- Commons Creator page
- William Osler
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Sir William Osler
- writing language
- English language
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- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (/ˈɒzlər/; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians. He has frequently been described as the Father of Modern Medicine and one of the "greatest diagnosticians ever to wield a stethoscope". In addition to being a physician he was a bibliophile, historian, author, and renowned practical joker. He was passionate about medical libraries and medical history, having founded the History of Medicine Society (formally "section"), at the Royal Society of Medicine, London. He was also instrumental in founding the Medical Library Association of Great Britain and Ireland, and the (North American) Association of Medical Librarians (later the Medical Library Association) along with three other people, including Margaret Charlton, the medical librarian of his alma mater, McGill University. He left his own large history of medicine library to McGill, where it became the Osler Library.
Biography
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