CHEMIST

Florence B. Seibert

1897 - 1991

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Florence Barbara Seibert (October 6, 1897 – August 23, 1991) was an American biochemist. She is best known for identifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin as a protein, and subsequently for isolating a pure form of tuberculin, purified protein derivative (PPD), enabling the development and use of a reliable TB test. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Florence B. Seibert has received more than 102,280 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Florence B. Seibert is the 553rd most popular chemist, the 9,500th most popular biography from United States and the 95th most popular American Chemist.

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Among chemists, Florence B. Seibert ranks 553 out of 602. Before her are Frederick G. Donnan, John Roebuck, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Bruce Alberts, Martin Kamen, and J. L. B. Smith. After her are Mildred Cohn, Mary L. Good, Ching Wan Tang, Max Bodenstein, Bruce Ames, and Anna J. Harrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Florence B. Seibert ranks 288. Before her are Ángel Médici, Edward Moore, Sigurd Moen, Ivan Borkovský, Joseph Calleia, and J. L. B. Smith. After her are Walter Winchell, Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Hartshorne, Silverio Izaguirre, Józef Lange, and Sabino Bilbao. Among people deceased in 1991, Florence B. Seibert ranks 237. Before her are Eleanor Boardman, Antoine Blondin, Bohumil Kudrna, Maurice Huet, Aldo Ray, and Henri Louveau. After her are John Russell, Richard Maibaum, Magnus Goodman, John Hoyt, George Lott, and Aldo Ghira.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Florence B. Seibert ranks 9,500 out of 20,380. Before her are Gail Halvorsen (1920), Richard Cheese (1965), Lex Luger (1958), Amy Yasbeck (1962), Robert Farnan (1877), and Hugh Wilson (1943). After her are DJ Yella (1967), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), John Cornyn (1952), Jim Duggan (1954), Wilma Mankiller (1945), and Dan Coats (1943).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Florence B. Seibert ranks 95. Before her are Karen Wetterhahn (1948), Robert Jarvik (1946), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), Helen Murray Free (1923), and Bruce Alberts (1938). After her are Mildred Cohn (1913), Mary L. Good (1931), Bruce Ames (1928), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), and Barbara Askins (1939).

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