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F. Albert Cotton

1930 - 2007

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Frank Albert Cotton FRS (April 9, 1930 – February 20, 2007) was an American chemist. He was the W.T. Doherty-Welch Foundation Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. He authored over 1600 scientific articles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of F. Albert Cotton has received more than 146,694 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). F. Albert Cotton is the 578th most popular chemist (down from 521st in 2019), the 11,113th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,694th in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, F. Albert Cotton ranks 578 out of 602. Before him are Rachel Fuller Brown, Richard Zare, Susan Solomon, Achim Müller, Gilbert Stork, and Omowunmi Sadik. After him are Jacqueline Barton, Bonnie Bassler, Percy Lavon Julian, Benjamin Silliman, Peter Jacob Hjelm, and Yellapragada Subbarow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, F. Albert Cotton ranks 567. Before him are Yngve Brodd, Mara Corday, Mary Costa, Aloysius Ambrozic, William H. Dana, and Vladimir Ryzhkin. After him are Sammy Baird, David Piper, Jack Angel, Ed Thigpen, Duvall Hecht, and Yuri Krylov. Among people deceased in 2007, F. Albert Cotton ranks 377. Before him are Dusty Anderson, Yelena Romanova, Dadullah, Yelena Petushkova, Bob Clark, and Tillie Olsen. After him are Ian Wallace, Fenny Heemskerk, Yolanda King, Porter Wagoner, Teresa Brewer, and Calvin Lockhart.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, F. Albert Cotton ranks 11,113 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerry Adler (1929), Rob Paulsen (1956), Dave Williams (1972), Stephen Hadley (1947), Tillie Olsen (1912), and Tim Schafer (1967). After him are Marc Webb (1974), Bill Mumy (1954), Christine Taylor (1971), Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760), Thomas Dewing (1851), and Constance Cummings (1910).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, F. Albert Cotton ranks 110. Before him are Marie Maynard Daly (1921), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Emma P. Carr (1880), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), Richard Zare (1939), and Susan Solomon (1956). After him are Jacqueline Barton (1952), Bonnie Bassler (1962), Percy Lavon Julian (1899), Benjamin Silliman (1779), Richard Lerner (1938), and Esther M. Conwell (1922).

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