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Archie Cochrane

1909 - 1988

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Archibald Leman Cochrane (12 January 1909 – 18 June 1988) was a Scottish physician noted for his book, Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services, which advocated the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to improve clinical trials and medical interventions. His advocacy of RCTs eventually led to the creation of the Cochrane Library database of systematic reviews, the UK Cochrane Centre in Oxford and Cochrane (previously known as the Cochrane Collaboration), an international organization of review groups that are based at research institutions worldwide. He is known as one of the fathers of modern clinical epidemiology and is considered to be the originator of the idea of evidence-based medicine. The Archie Cochrane Archive is held at the Archie Cochrane Library at University Hospital Llandough, Penarth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Archie Cochrane is the 671st most popular physician (down from 632nd in 2019), the 5,212th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,354th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Archie Cochrane ranks 671 out of 726. Before him are John Heysham Gibbon, Marie Senghor Basse, Harald Natvig, James Ewing, Daniel Mojon, and Aarne Pohjonen. After him are Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Emily Blackwell, Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Robert Spitzer, Angeliki Panagiotatou, and Thomas C. Jerdon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Archie Cochrane ranks 381. Before him are Wallace Stegner, Ann Sothern, Ivan Fuqua, Heather Angel, Arthur Geoffrey Walker, and William Gemmell Cochran. After him are Teofilo Spasojević, Alex Raymond, Don Finlay, Raúl Landini, Marcel Balsa, and Andrei Bărbulescu. Among people deceased in 1988, Archie Cochrane ranks 248. Before him are Lin Carter, John M. Allegro, István Klimek, Eric A. Havelock, Lois Wilson, and John N. Mitchell. After him are Melvin Frank, Jackie Milburn, Raúl Landini, Oleg Zhakov, Alf Martinsen, and John Clellon Holmes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Archie Cochrane ranks 5,214 out of 8,785. Before him are George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), David Bedford (1937), Alex Stepney (1942), Steve Bruce (1960), Allan Williams (1930), and Henry Lawes (1595). After him are Laura Haddock (1985), Hugh Huxley (1924), Pat Rice (1949), Graham Poll (1963), Nancy Mackay (1922), and Richey Edwards (1967).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Archie Cochrane ranks 65. Before him are Astley Cooper (1768), George E. P. Box (1919), Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (1783), Almroth Wright (1861), Thomas Lewis (1881), and Ran Laurie (1915). After him are Emily Blackwell (1826), Thomas C. Jerdon (1811), Louisa Garrett Anderson (1873), William Hewson (1739), Flora Murray (1869), and Vivek Murthy (1977).

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