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Lorna Wing

1928 - 2014

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Lorna Gladys Wing (née Tolchard; 7 October 1928 – 6 June 2014) was a British psychiatrist notable for her research into autism. She coined the term Asperger's syndrome and helped found the National Autistic Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lorna Wing is the 415th most popular physician (down from 318th in 2019), the 2,387th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,700th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Lorna Wing ranks 415 out of 726. Before her are Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol, Walter Jackson Freeman II, Aemilia Hilaria, Justinus Kerner, and Kiyoshi Shiga. After her are Ewald Hering, Wilhelm Griesinger, William Bates, Max Heindel, Adolf Kussmaul, and Michael Maier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Lorna Wing ranks 232. Before her are Reg Park, Robert Brout, José Bonaparte, Abdellatif Filali, Alexis Korner, and Arnfinn Bergmann. After her are Dan Blocker, Robert Indiana, Adrian Frutiger, Anthony Franciosa, Tom Sharpe, and Alejandro de Tomaso. Among people deceased in 2014, Lorna Wing ranks 173. Before her are On Kawara, Alice Babs, Frans Brüggen, Magda Olivero, Helena Rakoczy, and Alexander Imich. After her are Juan Gelman, Pierre Bec, James Rebhorn, Stefanie Zweig, Horace Silver, and Michael Sata.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lorna Wing ranks 2,387 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473), Carlo Acutis (1991), T. H. Marshall (1893), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), Cuthbert (635), and Daisy, Princess of Pless (1873). After her are Michael Bond (1926), Catherine Carey (1523), James H. Wilkinson (1919), Vera Brittain (1893), Veronica Cartwright (1949), and Dora Carrington (1893).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Lorna Wing ranks 35. Before her are Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), William Cullen (1710), Robert Darwin (1766), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), and Robert Liston (1794). After her are James Braid (1795), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), William Bayliss (1860), William Stukeley (1687), William Turner (1510), and Ernest Starling (1866).

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