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Ben Feringa

1951 - Today

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Bernard Lucas Feringa (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrnɑrt ˈlykɑz ˈbɛɱ 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 291,468 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Ben Feringa is the 295th most popular chemist (down from 282nd in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 231st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Chemist.

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  • 50

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  • 8.90

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  • 3.09

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ben Feringa ranks 295 out of 509. Before him are Rasmus Bartholin, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, Rudolph A. Marcus, Leopold Gmelin, Martin Lowry, and Aaron Klug. After him are Dudley R. Herschbach, Edward Frankland, M. Stanley Whittingham, Smithson Tennant, Antoine Baumé, and Carl Reichenbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Ben Feringa ranks 77. Before him are Ernesto Zedillo, Samuel Doe, Win Myint, Javier Marías, Joe Pantoliano, and Fernando Lugo. After him are Thomas Boni Yayi, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Edward Witten, Mamoru Oshii, James Newton Howard, and Joe Lynn Turner.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ben Feringa ranks 245 out of 1,427. Before him are Robin van Persie (1983), Lidwina (1380), Pieter van Laer (1599), Jan Jongbloed (1940), Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920), and Adriaen van de Velde (1636). After him are Jacobus Oud (1890), Jan de Bont (1943), Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Carel Struycken (1948), Pieter van der Aa (1659), and Willem Blaeu (1571).

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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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