BIOLOGIST

Carrie Derick

1862 - 1941

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Carrie Matilda Derick (January 14, 1862 – November 10, 1941) was a Canadian botanist and geneticist, the first woman professor in a Canadian university, and the founder of McGill University's genetics department. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carrie Derick is the 1,052nd most popular biologist (down from 1,047th in 2019), the 735th most popular biography from Canada (up from 755th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Canadian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carrie Derick ranks 1,052 out of 1,097. Before her are Ronald M. Evans, William Forsell Kirby, Paul Sereno, Henry Weed Fowler, Philip J. Currie, and Christof Koch. After her are Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Francis Maitland Balfour, Angelika Amon, Edward Donovan, Roger Revelle, and Jessica Meir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Carrie Derick ranks 154. Before her are Frank Weston Benson, Santeri Alkio, Oscar Levertin, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Herbert Baker, and Helen Bannerman. After her is George B. Cortelyou. Among people deceased in 1941, Carrie Derick ranks 217. Before her are Victor Schertzinger, Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith, Yelizaveta Chaikina, Bob Crompton, William Gibbs McAdoo, and Blind Boy Fuller. After her are Gus Kahn, Richard Carle, and Peggy Shannon.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Carrie Derick ranks 735 out of 1,622. Before her are Beattie Ramsay (1895), Sheila McCarthy (1956), Rachel Cusk (1967), Paul Shaffer (1949), Maria Klawe (1951), and Philip J. Currie (1949). After her are Jonathan Crombie (1966), Haji (1946), Currie Graham (1967), Leonard Peikoff (1933), Vic Lindquist (1908), and Winnie Harlow (1994).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among biologists born in Canada, Carrie Derick ranks 12. Before her are Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), William Diller Matthew (1871), Alice Eastwood (1859), Alice Wilson (1881), Peter Watts (1958), and Philip J. Currie (1949). After her are Severn Cullis-Suzuki (1979), and Cordelia Fine (1975).

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