CHEMIST

Geoffrey Wilkinson

1921 - 1996

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Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS (14 July 1921 – 26 September 1996) was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Wilkinson has received more than 150,324 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Geoffrey Wilkinson is the 239th most popular chemist (up from 255th in 2019), the 948th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,059th in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Chemist.

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  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Geoffrey Wilkinson ranks 239 out of 602. Before him are Charles J. Pedersen, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Roger D. Kornberg, Antoine Jérôme Balard, Johan August Arfwedson, and Henri Victor Regnault. After him are Mária Telkes, William Hyde Wollaston, Elias James Corey, Thomas Graham, Ryōji Noyori, and William C. Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Geoffrey Wilkinson ranks 77. Before him are Françoise Gilot, Thomas Schelling, Jack Steinberger, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Lydia Litvyak, and Paul Schäfer. After him are Chris Marker, Yuri Nikulin, Murray Bookchin, Peter Benenson, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, and Angelica Rozeanu. Among people deceased in 1996, Geoffrey Wilkinson ranks 54. Before him are Ernesto Geisel, Nevill Francis Mott, Martin Balsam, George Davis Snell, Marianne Bachmeier, and František Plánička. After him are Rafael Kubelík, Frida Boccara, Lucio Fulci, Obdulio Varela, María Casares, and Brigitte Helm.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Wilkinson ranks 948 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick Fleet (1887), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), Billy Idol (1955), Denis Thatcher (1915), and Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945). After him are Stewart Granger (1913), Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971), Tony Richardson (1928), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Hans Sloane (1660), and William Hyde Wollaston (1766).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Wilkinson ranks 29. Before him are John Macleod (1876), John E. Walker (1941), John Vane (1927), Derek Barton (1918), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), and Herbert C. Brown (1912). After him are William Hyde Wollaston (1766), Thomas Graham (1805), Ida Noddack (1896), Michael Smith (1932), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), and William Henry Perkin (1838).

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