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Margaret Morse Nice

1883 - 1974

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Margaret Morse Nice (December 6, 1883 – June 26, 1974) was an American ornithologist, ethologist, and child psychologist who made an extensive study of the life history of the song sparrow and was author of Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow (1937). She observed and recorded hierarchies in chicken about three decades ahead of Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe who coined the term "pecking order". After her marriage, she made observations on language learning in her children and wrote numerous research papers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Morse Nice is the 1,045th most popular biologist (up from 1,079th in 2019), the 12,031st most popular biography from United States (up from 14,659th in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Margaret Morse Nice ranks 1,045 out of 1,097. Before her are Lucy Shapiro, Asuman Baytop, Francis Walker, Bryan Sykes, Timothy Ray Brown, and Peter Watts. After her are Ronald M. Evans, William Forsell Kirby, Paul Sereno, Henry Weed Fowler, Philip J. Currie, and Christof Koch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Margaret Morse Nice ranks 271. Before her are Gyula Juhász, Ercole Olgeni, Henry Robertson Bowers, Edna May Oliver, Lesley Ashburner, and Francis X. Bushman. After her are Cyril Burt, Pauline Frederick, Compton Mackenzie, Johan Olin, Leo Goodwin, and Seán Mac Diarmada. Among people deceased in 1974, Margaret Morse Nice ranks 251. Before her are Patricia Collinge, Clive Brook, Ralph Bishop, Maureen Gardner, Karen Silkwood, and Edna Best. After her are Bill Aston, Harry Carney, Ilona Massey, Tina Brooks, Mary Forbes, and Vlasta Děkanová.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Margaret Morse Nice ranks 12,033 out of 20,380. Before her are William Paca (1740), Jeffrey Nordling (1962), Jay Chamberlain (1925), Sam Simon (1955), Candace Cameron Bure (1976), and Brie Bella (1983). After her are Chuck Liddell (1969), Stipe Miocic (1982), Michael Landau (1958), Joel Barlow (1754), Foy Draper (1911), and Hobart Bosworth (1867).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Margaret Morse Nice ranks 166. Before her are Ruth Patrick (1907), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), George R. Price (1922), Elmer McCollum (1879), Lucy Shapiro (1940), and Timothy Ray Brown (1966). After her are Ronald M. Evans (1949), Paul Sereno (1957), Henry Weed Fowler (1878), Christof Koch (1956), Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1937), and Roger Revelle (1909).

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