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Barbara Askins

1939 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Askins has received more than 50,263 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Barbara Askins is the 563rd most popular chemist (down from 511th in 2019), the 9,964th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,787th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Chemist.

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  • 50k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Barbara Askins ranks 563 out of 602. Before her are Max Bodenstein, Bruce Ames, Anna J. Harrison, Faiza Al-Kharafi, Mary Engle Pennington, and K. C. Nicolaou. After her are Henry Roscoe, Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, Jiří Drahoš, George M. Whitesides, Ira Remsen, and Marie Maynard Daly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Barbara Askins ranks 529. Before her are Paul Craig Roberts, Henning Christophersen, Mia Gommers, Bernie Casey, Marino Perani, and R. D. Burman. After her are Mavis Staples, Royce D. Applegate, Carl Yastrzemski, Terry Paine, Mary Peters, and Margaret Drabble.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Askins ranks 9,964 out of 20,380. Before her are Juan Atkins (1962), Clem Burke (1954), Sharon Stouder (1948), Earl Scruggs (1924), Randy Spears (1961), and Guion Bluford (1942). After her are J. Carrol Naish (1896), Chuck Peddle (1937), Flo Rida (1979), Mavis Staples (1939), Ollan Cassell (1937), and Sumner Redstone (1923).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Barbara Askins ranks 101. Before her are Florence B. Seibert (1897), Mildred Cohn (1913), Mary L. Good (1931), Bruce Ames (1928), Anna J. Harrison (1912), and Mary Engle Pennington (1872). After her are George M. Whitesides (1939), Ira Remsen (1846), Marie Maynard Daly (1921), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Emma P. Carr (1880), and Rachel Fuller Brown (1898).

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