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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 105,979 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). F. Sherwood Rowland is the 195th most popular chemist (down from 191st in 2019), the 1,309th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,363rd in 2019) and the 39th 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 195 out of 509Before him are Julius Axelrod, Gerhard Herzberg, Erwin Chargaff, Ahmed Zewail, Otto Wichterle, and Johann Deisenhofer. After him are Michael Levitt, Archer Martin, Johann Josef Loschmidt, John Fenn, Robert H. Grubbs, and William Standish Knowles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 63Before him are Harry Mulisch, Jacques Mayol, Maurice Ronet, Raúl Alfonsín, Leszek Kołakowski, and Romano Mussolini. After him are Abdul Halim of Kedah, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Margot Honecker, Herbert Blomstedt, Hiroshi Yamauchi, and Vernon L. Smith. Among people deceased in 2012, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 52Before him are E. Donnall Thomas, Rodney King, Lucio Dalla, Erland Josephson, Chadli Bendjedid, and Chavela Vargas. After him are Hebe Camargo, Carl Woese, Harry Harrison, William Standish Knowles, Ben Gazzara, and George Armitage Miller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 1,309 out of 18,182Before him are Nora Roberts (1950), Frederick Douglass (1818), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), Cass Elliot (1941), and Gordon Moore (1929). After him are Benjamin Bloom (1913), Sacagawea (1780), Lance Armstrong (1971), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Ray Kurzweil (1948), and Kenny Rogers (1938).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 39Before him are Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Arthur Kornberg (1918), Walter Gilbert (1932), Alan J. Heeger (1936), Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), and Julius Axelrod (1912). After him are John Fenn (1917), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), William Standish Knowles (1917), Robert Curl (1933), Elias James Corey (1928), and Alfred G. Gilman (1941).