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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 47,071 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Barbara Askins is the 512th most popular chemist (down from 499th in 2019), the 8,805th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,025th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 47k

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  • 43.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Barbara Askins ranks 512 out of 509Before her are Max Bodenstein, Aleksandr Arbuzov, Johannes Thiele, Alexander Nesmeyanov, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, and Allen J. Bard. After her are Robert Jarvik, Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Peter Jacob Hjelm, Mildred Cohn, Jürgen Hennig, and Sabir Yunusov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Barbara Askins ranks 450Before her are Jaroslav Walter, Mavis Staples, Carl Yastrzemski, Murray Rose, Hildrun Laufer-Claus, and Yaakov Neeman. After her are Pierluigi Pizzaballa, Francisco Mendes, Edoardo Menichelli, Margaret Drabble, Martin Feldstein, and Max Lorenz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Askins ranks 8,805 out of 18,182Before her are Avram Glazer (1960), Larry James (1947), Lisa Blount (1957), Martin Mull (1943), Artis Gilmore (1949), and Adam Savage (1967). After her are Ira Murchison (1933), Rex Brown (1964), Edmonia Lewis (1844), Suzy Parker (1932), Michael Blake (1945), and Jerry Wexler (1917).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Barbara Askins ranks 89Before her are Michael Behe (1952), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), Helen Murray Free (1923), George M. Whitesides (1939), James Crafts (1839), and Allen J. Bard (1933). After her are Robert Jarvik (1946), Mildred Cohn (1913), Bruce Ames (1928), F. Albert Cotton (1930), Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925), and Mary L. Good (1931).