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Ben Feringa

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Bernard Lucas "Ben" Feringa (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrnɑrt ˈlykɑz bɛn ˈfeːrɪŋɣaː]; born 18 May 1951) is a Dutch synthetic organic chemist, specializing in molecular nanotechnology and homogeneous catalysis. He is the Jacobus van 't Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences, at the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Netherlands, and an Academy Professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Sir J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Feringa has received more than 304,823 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Ben Feringa is the 290th most popular chemist (up from 295th in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 3rd most popular Dutch Chemist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.17

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ben Feringa ranks 290 out of 602. Before him are Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Thomas Midgley Jr., Rasmus Bartholin, John Pople, John Polanyi, and Erwin Chargaff. After him are Alexander Butlerov, Carl Gustaf Mosander, Richard R. Schrock, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, André-Louis Debierne, and Anselme Payen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Ben Feringa ranks 74. Before him are Lou Ferrigno, Bao Xishun, Šaban Šaulić, Frank Wilczek, Barry Marshall, and Olivia Hussey. After him are Joey Ramone, Thomas Boni Yayi, Behgjet Pacolli, Ben Carson, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, and Mamoru Oshii.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ben Feringa ranks 245 out of 1,646. Before him are Wim Suurbier (1945), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527), Tiësto (1969), William I, Count of Holland (1167), and Regnier de Graaf (1641). After him are Hans Kramers (1894), Patrick Kluivert (1976), Jozef Israëls (1824), Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577), Saskia Sassen (1947), and Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627).

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Among CHEMISTS In Netherlands

Among chemists born in Netherlands, Ben Feringa ranks 3. Before him are Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852), and Paul J. Crutzen (1933). After him are C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801), and Albert Kluyver (1888).

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