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Gilbert N. Lewis

American physical chemist

1875 - 1946

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His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2024). Gilbert N. Lewis is the 116th most popular chemist (down from 78th in 2024), the 600th most popular biography from United States (down from 537th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Chemist.

Gilbert N. Lewis is most famous for his work on the electron-pair theory of chemical bonding.

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Among Chemists

Among chemists, Gilbert N. Lewis ranks 116 out of 602. Before him are Jacques Monod, Irving Langmuir, Manfred Eigen, Melvin Calvin, Avram Hershko, and Claude Louis Berthollet. After him are Michael Levitt, Lars Onsager, Carl Ferdinand Cori, Edward W. Morley, William Crookes, and George Porter.

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Among people born in 1875, Gilbert N. Lewis ranks 21. Before him are Marie of Romania, Albert I of Belgium, Mikhail Kalinin, Henry Hallett Dale, Jim Corbett, and Vesto Slipher. After him are John Buchan, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Thomas Burke, Fritz Kreisler, and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Among people deceased in 1946, Gilbert N. Lewis ranks 27. Before him are Fritz Sauckel, Gertrude Stein, Karl Haushofer, Draža Mihailović, Ferenc Szálasi, and Paul Langevin. After him are James Jeans, Ananda Mahidol, Karl Hermann Frank, Andrey Vlasov, Kurt Daluege, and László Moholy-Nagy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gilbert N. Lewis ranks 600 out of NaN. Before him are Hugh Hefner (1926), Christopher Reeve (1952), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Asaph Hall (1829), Ed Harris (1950), and The Notorious B.I.G. (1972). After him are Jack Ruby (1911), Robert Mitchum (1917), George Clooney (1961), Michael Keaton (1951), Lewis H. Morgan (1818), and George E. Smith (1930).

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Among Chemists In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Gilbert N. Lewis ranks 22. Before him are Theodore William Richards (1868), William Howard Stein (1911), Stanford Moore (1913), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Irving Langmuir (1881), and Melvin Calvin (1911). After him are Edward W. Morley (1838), William Lipscomb (1919), Paul Berg (1926), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), William E. Moerner (1953), and Harold Urey (1893).

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