Published “Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 16,054 times.
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Elihu Thomson
Elihu Thomson was an English-American engineer and inventor who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
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business · English-American engineer and inventor (1853–1937) · engineer · inventor · chemist · businessperson · also Elihu Thomson, Thomson
Born 29 March 1853 · Died 13 March 1937 · Q559794
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Published “Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes” in Nature — cited 6,314 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013” in The Lancet — cited 9,247 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Published “The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project” in Nature Genetics — cited 8,596 times.
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2012· 3 entries
Published “Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 6,819 times.
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Published “Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 6,636 times.
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Published “Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,801 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “The representative concentration pathways: an overview” in Climatic Change — cited 6,458 times.
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2007· 2 entries
Published “Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls” in Nature — cited 7,937 times.
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Published “Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Somatic Cells” in Science — cited 8,651 times.
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006).
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1998· 1 entry
Published “Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocysts” in Science — cited 12,840 times.
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1937· 1 entry
Died 1937-03-13.
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1932· 1 entry
At age 79, Thomson was interviewed on film talking about his life and times
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1927· 1 entry
Won Faraday Medal (1927).
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1925· 1 entry
Won Franklin Medal (1925).
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1916· 2 entries
Won John Fritz Medal (1916).
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Won Hughes Medal (1916).
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1912· 1 entry
Won Elliott Cresson Medal (1912).
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1909· 2 entries
Won Edison Medal (1909).
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"For meritorious achievement in electrical science, engineering and arts as exemplified in his contributions thereto during the past thirty years
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1901· 1 entry
Awarded Rumford Prize (1901).
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1892· 2 entries
The Thomson-Houston Electric Company merged with the Edison General Electric Company to become the General Electric Company
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Thomson chose to keep his laboratory at Lynn, Massachusetts near Boston away from GE's New York headquarters to ensure his control over his research
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1889· 2 entries
Awarded John Scott Award (1889).
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Was decorated by the French Government for his electrical inventions, being made Chevalier et Officier de la Légion d'honneur
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1884· 1 entry
And was father to four children: Stuart Thomson (b:
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1880· 1 entry
Left Central to pursue research in the emerging field of electrical engineering
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1876· 1 entry
At the age of twenty-three, held the chair of Chemistry
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1856· 1 entry
He married Mary Louise Peck (born: June 1, 1856 in New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut) on May 1, 1884, and was father to four children: Stuart Thomson (b:.
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1853· 3 entries
Born 1853-03-29.
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But his family moved to Philadelphia in the United States in 1858
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“s awards and honors. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1876. In 1889, he was decorated by the French Government for his electrical inventions, being made Chevalier et Officier de la Légion d”
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