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George Porter

1920 - 2002

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George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, (6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002) was a British chemist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Porter has received more than 152,169 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). George Porter is the 155th most popular chemist (up from 176th in 2019), the 676th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 811th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

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  • 62.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, George Porter ranks 155 out of 602. Before him are Ahmed Zewail, Edmond H. Fischer, Julius Axelrod, Yves Chauvin, Georg Ernst Stahl, and Johann Deisenhofer. After him are Kary Mullis, Karl Barry Sharpless, Robert Huber, Jerome Karle, John Frederic Daniell, and Bengt I. Samuelsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, George Porter ranks 45. Before him are Sun Myung Moon, Gunnar Gren, Kaysone Phomvihane, Edmond H. Fischer, Mickey Rooney, and Michèle Morgan. After him are Prem Tinsulanonda, Baruj Benacerraf, Chiara Lubich, E. Donnall Thomas, Lawrence Klein, and Shelley Winters. Among people deceased in 2002, George Porter ranks 34. Before him are Archer Martin, Robert Nozick, Jonas Savimbi, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Rod Steiger, and James Tobin. After him are John Gotti, Pim Fortuyn, Hildegard Knef, Ne Win, Song Hye-rim, and Aileen Wuornos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Porter ranks 676 out of 8,785. Before him are Oliver Smithies (1925), Thomas Chippendale (1718), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), James Bradley (1693), Brian Cox (1946), and Ben Jonson (1572). After him are Roy Hodgson (1947), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), John Henry Newman (1801), James Clark Ross (1800), Bruce Chatwin (1940), and Oliver Heaviside (1850).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, George Porter ranks 19. Before him are Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), Archer Martin (1910), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), John Newlands (1837), and James Dewar (1842). After him are John Frederic Daniell (1790), Harry Kroto (1939), Alexander R. Todd (1907), John Macleod (1876), John E. Walker (1941), and John Vane (1927).

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