Lancelot Hogben
Lancelot Thomas Hogben | |
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| Born | 9 December 1895 Portsmouth, England |
| Died | 22 August 1975 (aged 79) |
| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge University of London |
| Occupations | experimental zoologist, medical statistician |
| Spouse | Enid Charles |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh University of Cape Town London School of Economics University of Aberdeen University of Birmingham |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernest MacBride |
| Doctoral students | Horace Waring |
Lancelot Thomas Hogben FRS FRSE (9 December 1895 – 22 August 1975) was a British experimental zoologist and medical statistician. He developed the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) as a model organism for biological research in his early career, attacked the eugenics movement in the middle of his career, and wrote popular books on science, mathematics and language in his later career.