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Elias James Corey

1928 - Today

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Elias James Corey (born July 12, 1928) is an American organic chemist. In 1990, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elias James Corey has received more than 387,093 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Elias James Corey is the 242nd most popular chemist (down from 215th in 2019), the 1,511th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,429th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Chemist.

Elias James Corey is most famous for his work in the field of organic chemistry. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1990 for his work in developing methods to synthesize complex molecules.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Elias James Corey ranks 242 out of 602. Before him are Antoine Jérôme Balard, Johan August Arfwedson, Henri Victor Regnault, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Mária Telkes, and William Hyde Wollaston. After him are Thomas Graham, Ryōji Noyori, William C. Campbell, Paul Lauterbur, Ida Noddack, and Sidney Altman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Elias James Corey ranks 87. Before him are Pat Hitchcock, Alan J. Pakula, James Garner, Tony Richardson, Patrick McGoohan, and Robert Sheckley. After him are Hans Blix, Marco Ferreri, Walter Mondale, Wolfgang von Trips, Sara Montiel, and Burt Bacharach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elias James Corey ranks 1,511 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Sheckley (1928), Sam Cooke (1931), James Van Allen (1914), Gary Ridgway (1949), Charles Mingus (1922), and Jake Gyllenhaal (1980). After him are James Brolin (1940), Phil Jackson (1945), Henry Norris Russell (1877), Nicholas Ray (1911), Debbie Harry (1945), and Phil Knight (1938).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Elias James Corey ranks 49. Before him are Donald J. Cram (1919), Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), William Lipscomb (1919), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), and Roger D. Kornberg (1947). After him are Paul Lauterbur (1929), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Walter Gilbert (1932), Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), and Richard Smalley (1943).

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