BIOLOGIST

Alec Jeffreys

1950 - Today

Photo of Alec Jeffreys

Icon of person Alec Jeffreys

Sir Alec John Jeffreys, (born 9 January 1950) is a British geneticist known for developing techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic science to assist police detective work and to resolve paternity and immigration disputes. Jeffreys is professor of genetics at the University of Leicester, and became an honorary freeman of the City of Leicester on 26 November 1992. In 1994, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to genetics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alec Jeffreys is the 515th most popular biologist (up from 804th in 2019), the 2,506th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,940th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Alec Jeffreys by language

Loading...

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alec Jeffreys ranks 515 out of 1,097. Before him are Robert H. MacArthur, Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Johann Jakob Heckel, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, and Aaron Aaronsohn. After him are Louisa Bolus, François Marie Daudin, Johan Andreas Murray, Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, and Charles Chamberland.

Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Alec Jeffreys ranks 217. Before him are Luigi Delneri, Geraldine James, Pasteur Bizimungu, Waldemar Cierpinski, Carlos Aguiar Retes, and Ken Shimura. After him are Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, Richard Bandler, Bernie Taupin, David Cassidy, Daria Nicolodi, and Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo.

Others Born in 1950

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alec Jeffreys ranks 2,507 out of 8,785. Before him are Charlotte Smith (1749), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), William Etty (1787), Josephine Butler (1828), Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873), and Alfred Edwards (1850). After him are Walter Pater (1839), Luke Howard (1772), York Bowen (1884), Harold Abrahams (1899), Paul Robinson (1979), and John Fastolf (1380).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Alec Jeffreys ranks 79. Before him are Anna Russell (1807), Marie Stopes (1880), William T. Stearn (1911), Richard Lydekker (1849), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), and William Hudson (1730). After him are Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield (1950), William Curtis (1746), Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), Rupert Sheldrake (1942), Robert Fortune (1812), and Sarah Gilbert (1962).

British born Biologists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous