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George Emil Palade

1912 - 2008

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George Emil Palade (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdʒe̯ordʒe eˈmil paˈlade] ; November 19, 1912 – October 7, 2008) was a Romanian-American cell biologist. Described as "the most influential cell biologist ever", in 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine along with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve. The prize was granted for his innovations in electron microscopy and cell fractionation which together laid the foundations of modern molecular cell biology, the most notable discovery being the ribosomes of the endoplasmic reticulum – which he first described in 1955. Palade also received the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Emil Palade has received more than 289,950 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). George Emil Palade is the 132nd most popular physician (up from 155th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Romania (up from 68th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Physician.

George Emil Palade was a Romanian-born American cell biologist who is most famous for his work in the field of cell biology. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 for his discovery of ribosomes and their role in protein synthesis.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, George Emil Palade ranks 132 out of 726. Before him are Dickinson W. Richards, Eduard Bloch, Nicolaes Tulp, John Snow, Edgar Adrian, and Oswald Avery. After him are Herta Oberheuser, Peter Damian, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Sushruta, Ibn Zuhr, and Carl Wernicke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, George Emil Palade ranks 45. Before him are Glenn T. Seaborg, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Kim Philby, Tibor Sekelj, Jozef Gabčík, and Otto Ernst Remer. After him are Julius Axelrod, Otto Kretschmer, Ghazi of Iraq, Minoru Yamasaki, Patrick White, and Lev Gumilyov. Among people deceased in 2008, George Emil Palade ranks 31. Before him are Michael Crichton, Jacques Piccard, Roy Scheider, Jules Dassin, Heath Ledger, and Jörg Haider. After him are John Archibald Wheeler, Leonid Hurwicz, Mel Ferrer, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Thomas Huckle Weller, and Aimé Césaire.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, George Emil Palade ranks 54 out of 844. Before him are Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820), Ilie Năstase (1946), Alexander Löhr (1885), Traian Băsescu (1951), Valentin Ceaușescu (1948), and Edward G. Robinson (1893). After him are Ion Ivanovici (1845), György Dózsa (1470), Zoia Ceaușescu (1949), Stephen Bocskai (1557), Chivu Stoica (1908), and Henri Coandă (1886).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Romania

Among physicians born in Romania, George Emil Palade ranks 1. After him are Fritz Klein (1888), Nicolae Paulescu (1869), and Constantin von Economo (1876).

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