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George M. Whitesides

1939 - Today

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George McClelland Whitesides (born August 3, 1939) is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University. He is best known for his work in the areas of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, molecular self-assembly, soft lithography, microfabrication, microfluidics, and nanotechnology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George M. Whitesides has received more than 277,050 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George M. Whitesides is the 498th most popular chemist (down from 473rd in 2019), the 7,727th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,048th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 44.73

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, George M. Whitesides ranks 498 out of 509. Before him are Zdenko Hans Skraup, David MacMillan, Nikodem Caro, Rainer Ludwig Claisen, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, and Jiří Drahoš. After him are Albert Ladenburg, Frederick G. Donnan, Nikolai Menshutkin, James Crafts, Charles Blagden, and Henry Eyring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, George M. Whitesides ranks 409. Before him are Ivan Vutsov, Vladimír Weiss, Jalal Dabagh, John W. Snow, Alan Ayckbourn, and Étienne Mourrut. After him are Charles Cyphers, Michael Learned, Helen Prejean, Orlando Quevedo, Carole Shelley, and Dario Campeotto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George M. Whitesides ranks 7,727 out of 18,182. Before him are Michael Anthony (1954), Tony Hillerman (1925), Ashlyn Gere (1959), Jason Williams (1975), David Belasco (1853), and Missi Pyle (1972). After him are Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798), Lex Luger (1958), Spike Jones (1911), Michael Hardt (1960), Justin Hartley (1977), and Tom Tryon (1926).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, George M. Whitesides ranks 86. Before him are Maclyn McCarty (1911), Caleb Bradham (1867), James B. Conant (1893), Michael Behe (1952), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), and Helen Murray Free (1923). After him are James Crafts (1839), Allen J. Bard (1933), Barbara Askins (1939), Robert Jarvik (1946), Mildred Cohn (1913), and Bruce Ames (1928).

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