Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet (11 January 1814 – 30 December 1899) (, rhymes with "gadget") was an English surgeon and
pathologist who is best remembered for
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). While most people recall Paget's disease refers to bone, two other diseases were also named after him:
Paget's disease of the nipple (a form of intraductal breast cancer spreading into the skin around the nipple), and
extramammary Paget's disease. Also named for him is
Paget's abscess.