BIOLOGIST

Clair Cameron Patterson

1922 - 1995

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Clair Cameron Patterson (June 2, 1922 – December 5, 1995) was an American geochemist. Born in Mitchellville, Iowa, Patterson graduated from Grinnell College. He later received his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clair Cameron Patterson has received more than 1,005,614 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Clair Cameron Patterson is the 225th most popular biologist (up from 265th in 2019), the 2,121st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,775th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Biologist.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Clair Cameron Patterson ranks 225 out of 1,097. Before him are Stephan Endlicher, Albert von Kölliker, Roberto de Visiani, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, H. Robert Horvitz, and James Dwight Dana. After him are George Smith, Francisco Varela, Humberto Maturana, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Clair Cameron Patterson ranks 110. Before him are Egon Bahr, Ferenc Deák, Miloš Jakeš, Eleanor Parker, Veronica Lake, and Michael Ventris. After him are Serge Reggiani, Yuri Knorozov, Günter Behnisch, Paul Marcinkus, Kim Hunter, and Eileen Essell. Among people deceased in 1995, Clair Cameron Patterson ranks 79. Before him are Chen Yun, Eileen Chang, Morarji Desai, Gabriel Urgebadze, Joseph Needham, and Franciszek Gajowniczek. After him are Alexander Godunov, Sicco Mansholt, Eazy-E, Annie Fischer, Nathan Rosen, and Mia Martini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clair Cameron Patterson ranks 2,121 out of 20,380. Before him are The Undertaker (1965), Samuel Fuller (1912), Oscar Robertson (1938), Michael Jeter (1952), Alex Borstein (1971), and Joseph Greenberg (1915). After him are Cochise (1805), John Young (1930), Ricky Nelson (1940), Bill Withers (1938), Thomas Cech (1947), and Jim Parsons (1973).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Clair Cameron Patterson ranks 41. Before him are Asa Gray (1810), Temple Grandin (1947), Wilbur Scoville (1865), Michael W. Young (1949), H. Robert Horvitz (1947), and James Dwight Dana (1813). After him are George Smith (1941), Charles M. Rice (1952), Howard Martin Temin (1934), James Rothman (1950), Martin Chalfie (1947), and Michael Rosbash (1944).

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