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Colin Munro MacLeod

1909 - 1972

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Colin Munro MacLeod (January 28, 1909 – February 11, 1972) was a Canadian-American geneticist. He was one of a trio of scientists who discovered that deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA is responsible for the transformation of the physical characteristics of bacteria, which subsequently led to its identification as the molecule responsible for heredity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Munro MacLeod is the 959th most popular biologist (down from 907th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from Canada (down from 482nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Colin Munro MacLeod ranks 959 out of 1,097. Before him are Osamu Hayaishi, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, William Healey Dall, Francis Willughby, Jinzō Matsumura, and Gilbert White. After him are Robert Morison, Grigore Antipa, Ivan Lepyokhin, Curt Backeberg, William Diller Matthew, and Archibald Menzies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Colin Munro MacLeod ranks 346. Before him are Moshe Castel, Neal E. Miller, Everett Sloane, Robert Défossé, Frank Shields, and Paula Strasberg. After him are Lazăr Sfera, Rune Carlsson, Sergey Gritsevets, Gregorio Blasco, Jean Taris, and Virginia Bruce. Among people deceased in 1972, Colin Munro MacLeod ranks 225. Before him are Herbert Hübner, Gejus van der Meulen, Andreas Cervin, Werner Klingler, Boris Livanov, and Henry Dreyfuss. After him are Martin Schröttle, Emma P. Carr, François Devries, Moe Berg, Adriaan Fokker, and Józef Lange.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Colin Munro MacLeod ranks 515 out of 1,622. Before him are John Howe (1957), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), Paul Grégoire (1911), Frank Fisher (1901), and Hilda Strike (1910). After him are David Reimer (1965), Taylor Kitsch (1981), Robert Benson (1894), Chris Taylor (1950), Robert J. Sawyer (1960), and Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among biologists born in Canada, Colin Munro MacLeod ranks 6. Before him are Ralph M. Steinman (1943), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), John Murray (1841), David Suzuki (1936), and George Romanes (1848). After him are William Diller Matthew (1871), Alice Eastwood (1859), Alice Wilson (1881), Peter Watts (1958), Philip J. Currie (1949), and Carrie Derick (1862).

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