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Alexander R. Todd

1907 - 1997

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Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd (2 October 1907 – 10 January 1997) was a British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander R. Todd has received more than 112,140 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Alexander R. Todd is the 211th most popular chemist (up from 232nd in 2019), the 918th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Alexander R. Todd ranks 211 out of 509Before him are Ascanio Sobrero, Emil Erlenmeyer, Johan August Arfwedson, William Henry Perkin, Locusta, and Feodor Lynen. After him are Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Derek Barton, Aziz Sancar, Elias James Corey, Osamu Shimomura, and Kaoru Ishikawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Alexander R. Todd ranks 55Before him are Roman Shukhevych, Lê Duẩn, Zarah Leander, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Yoshiko Kawashima, and W. H. Auden. After him are Ernesto Geisel, Cesar Romero, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Miklós Rózsa, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, and Emilie Schindler. Among people deceased in 1997, Alexander R. Todd ranks 56Before him are Bulat Okudzhava, Gerda Christian, Carl Gustav Hempel, Stéphane Grappelli, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, and Amado Carrillo Fuentes. After him are Yuri Nikulin, Miguel Najdorf, Narciso Yepes, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Marco Ferreri, and Masaru Ibuka.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander R. Todd ranks 918 out of 7,765Before him are Dave Gahan (1962), Antony Hewish (1924), David I of Scotland (1084), John McLaughlin (1942), Dua Lipa (1995), and Jim Broadbent (1949). After him are Colin Chapman (1928), Sarah Brightman (1960), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Ewan McGregor (1971), Steve Harris (1956), and Isabella of England (1214).

Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Alexander R. Todd ranks 26Before him are John Vane (1927), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), George Porter (1920), Archer Martin (1910), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), and William Henry Perkin (1838). After him are Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Derek Barton (1918), Michael Smith (1932), John Pople (1925), Herbert C. Brown (1912), and William Hyde Wollaston (1766).