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Florence R. Sabin

1871 - 1953

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Florence Rena Sabin (November 9, 1871 – October 3, 1953) was an American medical scientist. She was a pioneer for women in science; she was the first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to head a department at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. During her years of retirement, she pursued a second career as a public health activist in Colorado, and in 1951 received the Albert Lasker Public Service Award for this work. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Florence R. Sabin is the 529th most popular physician (up from 572nd in 2019), the 5,968th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,574th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Florence R. Sabin ranks 529 out of 726. Before her are Friedrich von Berchtold, George Huntington, Anthony Carlisle, John Crawfurd, Jill Stein, and Burrill Bernard Crohn. After her are Giulio Bizzozero, Frank H. Netter, Ancel Keys, Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, Zofia Zamenhof, and Rufus of Ephesus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Florence R. Sabin ranks 117. Before her are Igor Grabar, Zacharia Paliashvili, Afonso Costa, Olga Preobrajenska, Walter Breisky, and Nicholas Adontz. After her are Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, Vatslav Vorovsky, Henryk Arctowski, Ernst Stromer, Vasyl Stefanyk, and Walter Kaufmann. Among people deceased in 1953, Florence R. Sabin ranks 118. Before her are Pierre Dupong, André Auffray, Ugo Betti, Hrachia Acharian, Grzegorz Fitelberg, and Oskar Luts. After her are Isaías Medina Angarita, Eduard Künneke, Alwin Mittasch, Carl Scarborough, David Curtiss Munson, and Milovan Jakšić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Florence R. Sabin ranks 5,968 out of 20,380. Before her are Emma Lazarus (1849), Paul Gilbert (1966), Charles Daniels (1885), Edmund Szoka (1927), Donny Hathaway (1945), and Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947). After her are Richard Montague (1930), Stanley Williams (1953), Gene Wolfe (1931), Julie London (1926), Leo Sexton (1909), and Lew Ayres (1908).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Florence R. Sabin ranks 62. Before her are William Stewart Halsted (1852), Russell M. Nelson (1924), Alfred Blalock (1899), George Huntington (1850), Jill Stein (1950), and Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884). After her are Frank H. Netter (1906), Ancel Keys (1904), John Ostrom (1928), Vivien Thomas (1910), William Beaumont (1785), and Jeffrey Ullman (1942).

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