Hogben

Japanese: ホグベン
Hogben
British zoologist, biostatistician, and author. After graduating from Cambridge University, he taught zoology in the UK, Canada, South Africa, and other countries. He was professor of zoology at the University of Birmingham from 1941 to 1947, and professor of medical statistics at the same university from 1947 to 1961. As a Fabian socialist, he wrote many books to raise awareness of science, including Mathematics for the Million (1936) and Citizen Science (1938), which had a major impact on the reform of science education after World War II. He was also actively involved in the birth control movement from a demographic perspective.

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Japanese:
英国の動物学者,生物統計学者,著述家。ケンブリッジ大学を出て,英国,カナダ,南ア共和国等で動物学を教え,1941年―1947年バーミンガム大学動物学教授,1947年―1961年同大学医学統計学教授。フェビアン社会主義者として,《百万人の数学》(1936年),《市民の科学》(1938年)など多数の科学啓蒙書を著したが,これらは第2次大戦後の理科教育の改革に大きな影響を与えた。また,人口統計学的見地から産児制限運動にも積極的にかかわった。

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