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William Withering, a Common card
William Withering FRS was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and first systematic investigator of the bioactivity of digitalis.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,300
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Withering was born in Wellington, Shropshire, the son of a surgeon.
- He trained as a physician and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
- He worked at Birmingham General Hospital from 1779.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Withering article was read about 7,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get William Withering
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Withering (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : After Carl Frederik von Breda, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
