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Barbara Askins

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Barbara S. Askins (born 1939) is an American chemist. She is best known for her invention of a method to enhance underexposed photographic negatives. This development was used extensively by NASA and the medical industry, and it earned Askins the title of National Inventor of the Year in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Askins is the 565th most popular chemist (down from 563rd in 2024), the 10,056th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,960th in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Barbara Askins ranks 565 out of 602. Before her are Carl Jacob Löwig, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Hans von Pechmann, Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, Anna J. Harrison, and Wallace Smith Broecker. After her are Leslie Orgel, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Achim Müller, F. Albert Cotton, Mildred Cohn, and Carol V. Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Barbara Askins ranks 535. Before her are Gennadi Volnov, Valerie Harper, Jose Maria Sison, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Claude Piquemal, and Wilhelm Bungert. After her are Bernie Casey, Al Unser, Oscar Calics, Jan Mrvík, Ramaz Urushadze, and András Szente.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Askins ranks 10,058 out of 20,380. Before her are Ray Mercer (1961), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Chris Connor (1927), Tyson Gay (1982), Ralph Abernathy (1926), and Garry Winogrand (1928). After her are Sharon Stouder (1948), James MacArthur (1937), Bill Bright (1921), Lisa Blount (1957), Michelle Forbes (1965), and John Edwards (1953).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Barbara Askins ranks 104. Before her are Emma P. Carr (1880), Florence B. Seibert (1897), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), Anna J. Harrison (1912), and Wallace Smith Broecker (1931). After her are F. Albert Cotton (1930), Mildred Cohn (1913), Ira Remsen (1846), Benjamin Silliman (1779), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), and Susan Solomon (1956).

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