Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet was an English surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for first describing Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virchow, as one of the founders of scientific medical pathology. His famous works included Lectures on Tumours (1851) and Lectures on Surgical Pathology (1853). There are several medical conditions which were described by, and later named after, Paget:Paget's disease of bone
- Occupation
- physician, pathologist, surgeon, botanist
- Position held
- President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, president
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- January 11, 1814
