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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. Cotton was recognized for his research on the chemistry of the transition metals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). F. Albert Cotton is the 569th most popular chemist (up from 578th in 2024), the 10,346th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,114th in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Chemist. Learn more about F. Albert Cotton's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among chemists, F. Albert Cotton ranks 569 out of 602. Before him are Anna J. Harrison, Wallace Smith Broecker, Barbara Askins, Leslie Orgel, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, and Achim Müller. After him are Mildred Cohn, Carol V. Robinson, Sergey Lebedev, Faiza Al-Kharafi, Martin Kamen, and Jiří Drahoš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, F. Albert Cotton ranks 548. Before him are Yevgeny Maskinskov, Edward Seaga, Ardalion Ignatyev, Terence Bayler, Geoffrey Holder, and Violetta Ferrari. After him are Douglas Hurd, Tommy Kono, Lin Carter, Marie Senghor Basse, Jean Forestier, and Kauko Hänninen. Among people deceased in 2007, F. Albert Cotton ranks 363. Before him are The Fabulous Moolah, Tamara Nosova, Leslie Orgel, Calvin Lockhart, John Gardner, and Mehmed Uzun. After him are Dmitri Prigov, Jean-François Deniau, Yelena Petushkova, Dennis Johnson, Hans Mild, and Kenji Nagai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, F. Albert Cotton ranks 10,348 out of 20,380. Before him are Madge Bellamy (1899), Steve Albini (1962), Robert Schwartzman (1982), Una Merkel (1903), Mark Esper (1964), and Tim O'Brien (1946). After him are Norman Taber (1891), Steve Wynn (1942), Ella Raines (1920), Jurnee Smollett-Bell (1986), John Prine (1946), and Molly Quinn (1993).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, F. Albert Cotton ranks 105. Before him are Florence B. Seibert (1897), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), and Barbara Askins (1939). After him are Mildred Cohn (1913), Ira Remsen (1846), Benjamin Silliman (1779), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), Susan Solomon (1956), and Mary Engle Pennington (1872).

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