BIOLOGIST

Colin Munro MacLeod

1909 - 1972

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Colin Munro MacLeod (January 28, 1909 – February 11, 1972) was a Canadian-American geneticist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Munro MacLeod has received more than 78,064 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Munro MacLeod is the 906th most popular biologist (down from 814th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 456th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 78k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Colin Munro MacLeods by language

Over the past year Colin Munro MacLeod has had the most page views in the with 8,687 views, followed by Spanish (3,487), and Russian (802). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbo-Croatian (77.97%), Turkish (58.80%), and Serbian (47.03%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Colin Munro MacLeod ranks 906 out of 1,097. Before him are Robert Morison, Thomas Hardwicke, William Yarrell, Sereno Watson, Thomas Nuttall, and Ruth Patrick. After him are Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Ann Bishop, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, G. Ledyard Stebbins, Nikolai Turczaninow, and Jan-Just Bos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Colin Munro MacLeod ranks 354. Before him are Gregorio Blasco, Karel Burkert, Vlasta Děkanová, Sabir Yunusov, Stephen Spender, and Archie Cochrane. After him are Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Robert Burks, Mohamed Latif, Eleanor Garatti, Wilhelm Müller, and Federico Wilde. Among people deceased in 1972, Colin Munro MacLeod ranks 219. Before him are Frank Tashlin, Ross Bagdasarian, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, Wesley Ruggles, Caesar ten Cate, and Werner Klingler. After him are Mary Frizzell, Yuri Linnik, Yevgeni Babich, Moe Berg, Franciska Gaal, and Per Bertilsson.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Colin Munro MacLeod ranks 482 out of 1,622. Before him are Douglas Bennett (1918), Maurice Prendergast (1858), Tamara Taylor (1970), Lawrence Lambe (1863), Rae Dawn Chong (1961), and Jennifer Granholm (1959). After him are Ernest Hamilton (1883), Kathleen Robertson (1973), Mary Frizzell (1913), Mia Kirshner (1975), John Emery (1932), and Marie Prevost (1896).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among biologists born in Canada, Colin Munro MacLeod ranks 5. Before him are Ralph M. Steinman (1943), John Murray (1841), David Suzuki (1936), and George Romanes (1848). After him are William Diller Matthew (1871), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), Peter Watts (1958), Alice Wilson (1881), Severn Cullis-Suzuki (1979), Alice Eastwood (1859), and Carrie Derick (1862).

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