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Anne McLaren

1927 - 2007

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Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, (26 April 1927 – 7 July 2007) was a British scientist who was a leading figure in developmental biology. She paved the way for women in science and her work helped lead to human in vitro fertilisation (IVF). She left an enduring legacy marked by her research and ethical contributions to the field. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne McLaren has received more than 431,912 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Anne McLaren is the 559th most popular biologist (up from 794th in 2019), the 2,921st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,389th in 2019) and the 77th most popular British Biologist.

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  • 48.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Anne McLaren ranks 559 out of 841. Before her are Paul Friedrich August Ascherson, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, Ivan Martinov, Paul Bert, Richard Lewontin, and Janaki Ammal. After her are Ludwik Hirszfeld, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Carl Alexander Clerck, Joseph Banks Rhine, Franz Meyen, and Tomitaro Makino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Anne McLaren ranks 246. Before her are Luis Rijo, Éva Székely, Robert Mills, Thomas S. Monson, John Warner, and Charles de Tornaco. After her are Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Ramsey Clark, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Lisa Lu, and Mark Blaug. Among people deceased in 2007, Anne McLaren ranks 208. Before her are Christian d'Oriola, Kerwin Mathews, Bert Bolin, Jörg Immendorff, Petr Eben, and Ichiji Otani. After her are Kenji Miyamoto, Francisco Umbral, Hallgeir Brenden, Huang Ju, Teoctist Arăpașu, and Lloyd Alexander.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anne McLaren ranks 2,921 out of 7,765. Before her are Wilfrid (634), Toby Stephens (1969), Davy Jones (1945), Marc Almond (1957), Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), and Martin Peters (1943). After her are Boston Corbett (1832), Jonathan Wild (1683), Jason Flemyng (1966), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), Wulfhere of Mercia (650), and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Anne McLaren ranks 77. Before her are Patrick Manson (1844), Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Philip Henry Gosse (1810), John Gilbert Baker (1834), and John Anderson (1833). After her are William Withering (1741), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), Charles Wyville Thomson (1830), Everard Home (1756), William John Burchell (1781), and Philip Barker-Webb (1793).

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