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Lorna Wing

1928 - 2014

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Lorna Gladys Wing (née Tolchard; 7 October 1928 – 6 June 2014) was a British psychiatrist notable for her pioneering research into autism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lorna Wing has received more than 158,676 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Lorna Wing is the 318th most popular physician (down from 268th in 2019), the 1,700th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,452nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Lorna Wing ranks 318 out of 726. Before her are Hinrich Lichtenstein, Johann Christian Reil, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, Antoine Louis, Masawaiyh, and Friedrich von Berchtold. After her are Friedrich Hoffmann, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, William Cullen, Dorothea Erxleben, and Howard Florey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Lorna Wing ranks 189. Before her are Gordie Howe, Aleksey Batalov, Bob Cousy, Jack Tramiel, Helen Frankenthaler, and Jean Vanier. After her are Cannonball Adderley, William Peter Blatty, Laurence Harvey, Dominique Colonna, Stuart Whitman, and Frank Wolff. Among people deceased in 2014, Lorna Wing ranks 132. Before her are Alexander Imich, Peter Sculthorpe, Cristina Deutekom, Karlheinz Deschner, Gloria Leonard, and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. After her are Carlo Bergonzi, Donatas Banionis, Tatiana Samoilova, Ana María Matute, Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, and Dezső Novák.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lorna Wing ranks 1,700 out of 8,785. Before her are John Barbirolli (1899), William Renshaw (1861), Robert Pattinson (1986), Mitch Mitchell (1947), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), and Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477). After her are Jeremiah Clarke (1674), James Finlayson (1887), Noel Gallagher (1967), George Green (1793), Edward FitzGerald (1809), and Oliver Hart (1948).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Lorna Wing ranks 25. Before her are Cicely Saunders (1918), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), Thomas Addison (1793), Henry Gray (1827), Thomas Sydenham (1624), and John Latham (1740). After her are William Cullen (1710), Clarke Abel (1780), James Braid (1795), Robert Darwin (1766), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), and William Bayliss (1860).

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