BIOLOGIST

Carrie Derick

1862 - 1941

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Carrie Matilda Derick (January 14, 1862 – November 10, 1941) was a Canadian botanist and geneticist, the first woman professor in a Canadian university, and the founder of McGill University's genetics department. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carrie Derick has received more than 88,638 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Carrie Derick is the 1,047th most popular biologist, the 755th most popular biography from Canada and the 12th most popular Canadian Biologist.

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  • 89k

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  • 47.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carrie Derick ranks 1,047 out of 1,097. Before her are Francis Maitland Balfour, Francis Walker, Charles B. Cory, Asuman Baytop, Alice Eastwood, and David A. Sinclair. After her are Rita R. Colwell, Frank Fenner, Joanne Chory, Philippa Marrack, George Don, and Patricia Goldman-Rakic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Carrie Derick ranks 154. Before her are Mary Proctor, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Robert Reid, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, Helen Bannerman, and Herbert Baker. After her is George B. Cortelyou. Among people deceased in 1941, Carrie Derick ranks 215. Before her are Helmut Hamann, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, Ira Davenport, Richard Carle, William Gibbs McAdoo, and James Stephenson. After her are Élie Blanchard, Charles Murray, Gus Kahn, Peggy Shannon, and Helen Morgan.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Carrie Derick ranks 755 out of 1,622. Before her are Gilles Brassard (1955), Jeremy Ratchford (1965), Montgomery Wilson (1909), George Eaton (1945), Chris Bumstead (1995), and Bruce LaBruce (1964). After her are John Kricfalusi (1955), Tom Green (1971), Nelson Kuhn (1937), Cyril Slater (1896), Eric Johnson (1979), and John Rutsey (1952).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among biologists born in Canada, Carrie Derick ranks 12. Before her are William Diller Matthew (1871), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), Peter Watts (1958), Alice Wilson (1881), Severn Cullis-Suzuki (1979), and Alice Eastwood (1859). After her are Philip J. Currie (1949), and Cordelia Fine (1975).

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