BIOLOGIST

Alice Hamilton

1869 - 1970

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Alice Hamilton (February 27, 1869 – September 22, 1970) was an American physician, research scientist, and author. She was a leading expert in the field of occupational health, laid the foundation for health and safety protections, and a pioneer in the field of industrial toxicology. Hamilton trained at the University of Michigan Medical School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alice Hamilton has received more than 285,502 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Alice Hamilton is the 550th most popular biologist (up from 648th in 2019), the 4,954th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,195th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alice Hamilton ranks 550 out of 1,097. Before her are Jean-Pierre Changeux, Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Harald Sverdrup, Otto von Münchhausen, Akira Miyawaki, and John Gilbert Baker. After her are Otto Kuntze, Augustin Saint-Hilaire, Salomon Müller, Johann Gerhard König, Oscar Hertwig, and Edward Forbes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Alice Hamilton ranks 104. Before her are Kijirō Nambu, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Józef Mehoffer, Johannes Linnankoski, Armas Järnefelt, and Dmitri Egorov. After her are Marcel Cachin, Ivan Aguéli, Mary Agnes Chase, Daniel Salamanca Urey, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, and Georgette Leblanc. Among people deceased in 1970, Alice Hamilton ranks 149. Before her are Lucía Sánchez Saornil, František Junek, Ed Begley, Inger Stevens, Alf Prøysen, and Paul Schmidt. After her are Fritz Kortner, Ralph Hartley, Alla Horska, Irawati Karve, Nathan Altman, and Giuseppe Pizzardo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alice Hamilton ranks 4,954 out of 20,380. Before her are Larry Carlton (1948), A. Merritt (1884), Eric S. Raymond (1957), Sylvanus Morley (1883), John Henry Holland (1929), and Billie Joe Armstrong (1972). After her are Ann Wilson (1950), Mathew Brady (1822), Rockmond Dunbar (1974), Marianne Moore (1887), Eric Bogosian (1953), and Hank Jones (1918).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Alice Hamilton ranks 78. Before her are Francis Collins (1950), Theodore Gill (1837), Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), Arthur Cronquist (1919), Frederic Clements (1874), and Craig Mello (1960). After her are Mary Agnes Chase (1869), Barry Commoner (1917), Sewall Wright (1889), Harold E. Varmus (1939), Garrett Hardin (1915), and Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858).

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