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F. Sherwood Rowland

1927 - 2012

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Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland (June 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012) was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of F. Sherwood Rowland has received more than 113,947 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). F. Sherwood Rowland is the 186th most popular chemist (up from 195th in 2019), the 1,155th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,309th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Chemist.

F. Sherwood Rowland is most famous for his work on the ozone layer and his discovery of the harmful effects of CFCs.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 186 out of 602. Before him are Richard F. Heck, Germain Henri Hess, John Cornforth, Stanley Miller, Paul D. Boyer, and John E. Walker. After him are Nicolas Leblanc, Robert S. Mulliken, Emil Erlenmeyer, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Hennig Brand, and Roald Hoffmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 51. Before him are Harry Markowitz, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, George Andrew Olah, Maurice Ronet, Sydney Brenner, and Stan Getz. After him are Leszek Kołakowski, Mary Higgins Clark, Juan Almeida Bosque, Alan MacDiarmid, Robert Noyce, and Enzo Bearzot. Among people deceased in 2012, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 48. Before him are E. Donnall Thomas, Carl Woese, Erland Josephson, Andrew Huxley, Stephen Covey, and Rauf Denktaş. After him are George Armitage Miller, Hebe Camargo, William Standish Knowles, Dave Brubeck, Sergio Oliva, and Eduard Khil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 1,155 out of 20,380. Before him are George Carlin (1937), Vincent Price (1911), Stan Getz (1927), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Tom Berenger (1949), and Vannevar Bush (1890). After him are Ed Lauter (1938), Richard Barthelmess (1895), Jennifer Jones (1919), Gina Haspel (1956), Richard Winters (1918), and Lloyd Austin (1953).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 35. Before him are Paul Flory (1910), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Robert W. Holley (1922), Richard F. Heck (1931), Stanley Miller (1930), and Paul D. Boyer (1918). After him are Robert S. Mulliken (1896), Paul L. Modrich (1946), Robert Curl (1933), William Standish Knowles (1917), John Fenn (1917), and Wallace Carothers (1896).

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