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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Robley Dunglison
Born: January 4, 1798
Died: April 1, 1869 (aged 71)
Bio: Robley Dunglison was an English physician who moved to America to join the first faculty of the University of Virginia. He was personal physician to Thomas Jefferson and considered the "Father of American Physiology".
Known for:
- A dictionary of medical science (1842)
- Human Physiology (1832)