Lancelot Hogben
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British zoologist, statistician, science writer (1895–1975)
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1895-12-09 ) 9 December 1895, Portsmouth , England
- Died
- 22 August 1975 (1975-08-22) (aged 79), Wrexham , Wales
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge , University of London
- Occupations
- experimental zoologist, medical statistician
- Spouse
- Enid Charles
- Institutions
- University of Edinburgh , University of Cape Town , London School of Economics , University of Aberdeen , University of Birmingham
- Doctoral advisor
- Ernest MacBride
- Doctoral students
- Horace Waring
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Portsmouth
- Place of death
- Wrexham
- Occupation
- linguist
- Employer
- University of Edinburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Keith Medal
- Notable work
- Interglossa
- Field of work
- statistics
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- date of birth
- 1895-12-09
- date of death
- 1975-08-22
- member of
- Royal Society
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- name in native language
- Lancelot Hogben
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Encyclopedic overview
Lancelot Thomas Hogben FRS 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.
Early life and education
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