Who Named It?
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Whonamedit? was an online English-language dictionary of medical eponyms and the people associated with their identification. Though it was a dictionary, many eponyms and persons are presented in extensive articles with comprehensive bibliographies. The dictionary was hosted in Norway and was developed by medical historian Ole Daniel Enersen.
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It is catalogued under topics including Eponyms in medicine, Medical dictionaries and Medical websites.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- database
- Country
- Norway
- Founded by
- Ole Daniel Enersen
- Owned by
- Ole Daniel Enersen
- Creator
- Ole Daniel Enersen
- Official website
- www.whonamedit.com
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- language of work or name
- English language
- topic has template
- Template:WhoNamedIt
- inception
- 1994-00-00
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Whonamedit? was an online English-language dictionary of medical eponyms and the people associated with their identification. Though it was a dictionary, many eponyms and persons are presented in extensive articles with comprehensive bibliographies. The dictionary was hosted in Norway and was developed by medical historian Ole Daniel Enersen.
As of June 2025, the Whonamedit website has gone offline. The site remains accessible through the Internet Archive.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Who Named It?” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.