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George Church

1954 - Today

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George McDonald Church (born August 28, 1954) is an American geneticist, molecular engineer, chemist, serial entrepreneur, and pioneer in personal genomics and synthetic biology. He is the Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a founding member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. Through his Harvard lab Church has co-founded around 50 biotech companies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Church has received more than 29,889 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Church is the 593rd most popular chemist, the 13,741st most popular biography from United States and the 120th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, George Church ranks 593 out of 602. Before him are Richard Lerner, Esther M. Conwell, Omar M. Yaghi, Ruth R. Benerito, Donald Howard Menzel, and Margaret Oakley Dayhoff. After him are Harry B. Gray, Sam Ruben, Charles M. Lieber, Willis R. Whitney, Darshan Ranganathan, and Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, George Church ranks 667. Before him are Alexander Melentyev, Willi Wülbeck, Willy Telavi, Sandie Jones, Aleksandr Tarkhanov, and George Pérez. After him are Pete Souza, Huda Zoghbi, Zoltán Sztanity, Mallika Sarabhai, Vladimir Bigorra, and Blanka Paulů.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Church ranks 13,741 out of 20,380. Before him are Noodles (1963), Greg Foster (1958), Adolph Caesar (1933), Jay McInerney (1955), Michaela McManus (1983), and Colin Trevorrow (1976). After him are Matt Dallas (1982), Jeff Foxworthy (1958), Janet Waldo (1919), Mac Davis (1942), Pete Souza (1954), and Bridgit Mendler (1992).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, George Church ranks 120. Before him are Benjamin Silliman (1779), Richard Lerner (1938), Esther M. Conwell (1922), Ruth R. Benerito (1916), Donald Howard Menzel (1901), and Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925). After him are Harry B. Gray (1935), Sam Ruben (1913), Charles M. Lieber (1959), and Willis R. Whitney (1868).

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