# William Macewen

> Sir William Macewen was a Scottish surgeon. He was a pioneer in modern brain surgery, considered the father of neurosurgery and contributed to the development of bone graft surgery, the surgical treatment of hernia and of pneumonectomy.

*Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (1848–1924)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1848-06-22
- **Died:** 1924-03-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 11.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Макьюэн, Уильям](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%8D%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC)
- [ويليام ماسيوين](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86)
- [William Macewen](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Macewen)
- [William Macewen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Macewen)
- [William Macewen](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Macewen)
- [ویلیام مکیوئین](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [William MacEwen](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MacEwen)
- [William Macewen](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Macewen)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977328)

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