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Edward Calvin Kendall

1972 - 1972

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Edward Calvin Kendall (March 8, 1886 – May 4, 1972) was an American chemist. In 1950, Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with Swiss chemist Tadeusz Reichstein and Mayo Clinic physician Philip S. Hench, for their work with the hormones of the adrenal gland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Calvin Kendall has received more than 105,308 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Edward Calvin Kendall is the 395th most popular chemist (up from 451st in 2019), the 4,221st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,063rd in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 17.46

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  • 2.13

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Edward Calvin Kendall ranks 395 out of 509. Before him are John Tukey, Peter Atkins, William Gregor, Luke Howard, Andrés Manuel del Río, and Leonor Michaelis. After him are Otto Ambros, Nikolay Beketov, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Coenraad Johannes van Houten, William Nicholson, and Georges Urbain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Edward Calvin Kendall ranks 72. Before him are Sarah Clarke, Chiara Mastroianni, Marlon Wayans, Goran Višnjić, Amrullah Saleh, and Michael Chang. After him are Özcan Deniz, Karl Nehammer, Sarah Rafferty, Wil Wheaton, Alejandro Amenábar, and Sundar Pichai. Among people deceased in 1972, Edward Calvin Kendall ranks 118. Before him are Ennio Flaiano, Cecil Day-Lewis, Max Aub, Vladimir Durković, Joseph Cornell, and W. Ross Ashby. After him are Lee Beom-seok, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, August Zaleski, Erik Eriksen, Rudolf Belling, and Edgar G. Ulmer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Calvin Kendall ranks 4,221 out of 18,182. Before him are Benny Urquidez (1952), Carol Lynley (1942), Bruce Sterling (1954), Floyd Westerman (1936), Joanne Dru (1922), and William Hoyt (1875). After him are Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), Bob Balaban (1945), Terrence Howard (1969), Margaret Sullavan (1909), Fernando J. Corbató (1926), and Charles Dvorak (1878).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Edward Calvin Kendall ranks 75. Before him are Albert Ghiorso (1915), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), George Washington Carver (1864), Jennifer Doudna (1964), Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), and John Tukey (1915). After him are Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Eric Betzig (1960), Donella Meadows (1941), Isabella Karle (1921), Maclyn McCarty (1911), and Caleb Bradham (1867).

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