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Lancelot Hogben

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British zoologist, statistician, science writer (1895-1975)

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1895 to 1975 · aged 79
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Lancelot Thomas Hogben FRS FRSE was a British experimental zoologist and medical statistician.

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1942Croonian Medal and Lecture
1933Keith Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society

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Lancelot Thomas Hogben FRS FRSE 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.

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United Kingdom
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1895 to 1975 · aged 79
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28 languages

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