CHEMIST

Ching Wan Tang

1947 - Today

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Ching Wan Tang (Chinese: 鄧青雲; pinyin: Dèng Qīngyún; born July 23, 1947) is a Hong Kong–American physical chemist. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2018 for inventing OLED (together with Steven Van Slyke), and was awarded the 2011 Wolf Prize in Chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ching Wan Tang has received more than 34,984 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ching Wan Tang is the 556th most popular chemist, the 68th most popular biography from Hong Kong and the most popular Chinese Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ching Wan Tang ranks 556 out of 602. Before him are Bruce Alberts, Martin Kamen, J. L. B. Smith, Florence B. Seibert, Mildred Cohn, and Mary L. Good. After him are Max Bodenstein, Bruce Ames, Anna J. Harrison, Faiza Al-Kharafi, Mary Engle Pennington, and K. C. Nicolaou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ching Wan Tang ranks 697. Before him are Boujemaa Benkhrif, Peter Nogly, Joseph Nicolosi, Nicanor de Carvalho, Barbara Ferrell, and Enrique Chazarreta. After him are Rupert Holmes, Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvey Mason, Emiliano Mondonico, Jim Marurai, and Stuart Baird.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Ching Wan Tang ranks 68 out of 115. Before him are Clara Blandick (1876), Stanley Tong (1960), Freddie Wolff (1910), Joan Lorring (1926), Jackson Wang (1994), and Peter Chan (1962). After him are Anita Yuen (1971), Athena Chu (1971), Sandy Lam (1966), Byron Mann (1967), Herman Li (1976), and Marco Fu (1978).

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Among CHEMISTS In Hong Kong

Among chemists born in Hong Kong, Ching Wan Tang ranks 1. 

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