Lancelot Hogben
British experimental zoologist and medical statistician (1895-1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lancelot Thomas Hogben FRS[1] FRSE (9 December 1895 – 22 August 1975) was a British experimental zoologist and medical statistician. He developed the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) as a model organism for biological research in his early career, attacked the eugenics movement in the middle of his career, and wrote popular books on science, mathematics and language in his later career.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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Lancelot Thomas Hogben | |
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Born | (1895-12-09)9 December 1895 |
Died | 22 August 1975(1975-08-22) (aged 79) |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | experimental zoologist, medical statistician |
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