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Stephen Hales was an English clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology. He was the first person to measure blood pressure. He also invented several devices, including a ventilator, a pneumatic trough and a surgical forceps for the removal of bladder stones. In addition to these achievements, he was a philanthropist a…
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science · English clergyman and scientist (1677–1761) · botanist · physicist · chemist · physiologist · inventor · also Stephen Hales, Hales
Born 17 September 1677 · Died 4 January 1761 · Q312017
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Died 1761-01-04.
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Won Copley Medal (1739).
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