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Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt (July 20, 1836 – February 22, 1925) was a British
United Kingdom

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 physician
Physician

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 and inventor of the clinical thermometer.

Born in Dewsbury
Dewsbury

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, Yorkshire
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, he was the son of Thomas Allbutt, Vicar of Dewsbury and Susan Wooler. Sir Thomas had no children.

Allbutt's invention of the clinical thermometer was widely welcomed because, beforehand, patients were required to hold a one-foot-long thermometer in their hands which took about twenty minutes for an acceptable measurement to be taken of their body temperature.

Allbutt became regius professor
Regius Professor

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 of physic (an archaic word for medicine) at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

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 in 1892 and was knighted in 1907.






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Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt (July 20, 1836 – February 22, 1925) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 physician
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
 and inventor of the clinical thermometer.

Born in Dewsbury
Dewsbury

Dewsbury is a market town within the Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is to the west of Wakefield, and lies by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation....
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a Historic counties of England of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its great size, over time functions were increasingly undertaken by its subdivisions, which have been subject to History of local government in Yorkshire....
, he was the son of Thomas Allbutt, Vicar of Dewsbury and Susan Wooler. Sir Thomas had no children.

Allbutt's invention of the clinical thermometer was widely welcomed because, beforehand, patients were required to hold a one-foot-long thermometer in their hands which took about twenty minutes for an acceptable measurement to be taken of their body temperature.

Allbutt became regius professor
Regius Professor

Regius Professorships are "Royal" Professorships at the universities of Oxford University, University of Cambridge, University of St Andrews, University of Glasgow, University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh and University of Dublin....
 of physic (an archaic word for medicine) at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
 in 1892 and was knighted in 1907. He died in Cambridge
Cambridge

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, Cambridgeshire
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 in 1925.

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