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Archer Martin

1910 - 2002

Archer Martin

Archer John Porter Martin (1 March 1910 – 28 July 2002) was a British chemist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Richard Synge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Archer Martin has received more than 83,666 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Archer Martin is the 197th most popular chemist (down from 176th in 2019), the 884th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 887th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Chemist.

Archer Martin is most famous for his work with James Watt and Harold A. Wilson in the development of the gas mask.

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84k
Page Views (PV)
60.23
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
50
Languages Editions (L)
12.97
Effective Languages (L*)
3.09
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Archer Martin ranks 197 out of 509. Before him are Erwin Chargaff, Ahmed Zewail, Otto Wichterle, Johann Deisenhofer, F. Sherwood Rowland, and Michael Levitt. After him are Johann Josef Loschmidt, John Fenn, Robert H. Grubbs, William Standish Knowles, Peter D. Mitchell, and Robert Curl.

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Erwin Chargaff
1905 - 2002
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 191
Ahmed Zewail
1946 - 2016
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 192
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1913 - 1998
HPI: 60.36
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Johann Deisenhofer
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HPI: 60.35
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F. Sherwood Rowland
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HPI: 60.33
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Michael Levitt
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HPI: 60.27
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Archer Martin
1910 - 2002
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 197
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HPI: 60.22
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1917 - 2010
HPI: 60.21
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Robert H. Grubbs
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HPI: 60.19
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William Standish Knowles
1917 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
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Peter D. Mitchell
1920 - 1992
HPI: 60.16
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1933 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 203

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Archer Martin ranks 47. Before him are Michel Aflaq, Ne Win, Galina Ulanova, Meša Selimović, Edvard Kardelj, and Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After him are Eero Saarinen, Lobsang Rampa, John Sturges, Shunichi Kumai, Miguel Najdorf, and Dorothy Vaughan. Among people deceased in 2002, Archer Martin ranks 42. Before him are John Gotti, Max Perutz, Eduardo Chillida, René Thom, Erwin Chargaff, and Xi Zhongxun. After him are Laurent Schwartz, Pim Fortuyn, César Milstein, Hildegard Knef, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, and Sigvard Bernadotte.

Others Born in 1910

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Michel Aflaq
1910 - 1989
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 41
Ne Win
1910 - 2002
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 42
Galina Ulanova
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 43
Meša Selimović
1910 - 1982
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 44
Edvard Kardelj
1910 - 1979
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 45
Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
1910 - 2000
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 46
Archer Martin
1910 - 2002
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 47
Eero Saarinen
1910 - 1961
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 48
Lobsang Rampa
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 49
John Sturges
1910 - 1992
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 50
Shunichi Kumai
1910 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 51
Miguel Najdorf
1910 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 52
Dorothy Vaughan
1910 - 2008
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 53