BIOLOGIST

Gerald Edelman

1929 - 2014

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Gerald Maurice Edelman (; July 1, 1929 – May 17, 2014) was an American biologist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work with Rodney Robert Porter on the immune system. Edelman's Nobel Prize-winning research concerned discovery of the structure of antibody molecules. In interviews, he has said that the way the components of the immune system evolve over the life of the individual is analogous to the way the components of the brain evolve in a lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerald Edelman has received more than 302,555 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Gerald Edelman is the 136th most popular biologist (up from 144th in 2019), the 1,245th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,414th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Biologist.

Gerald Edelman is most famous for his theory of neuronal group selection, which states that the brain is a collection of interconnected neurons that are constantly competing for survival.

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  • 3.34

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Gerald Edelman ranks 136 out of 1,097. Before him are Erwin Neher, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Giovanni Sartori, Elias Magnus Fries, E. O. Wilson, and Bert Sakmann. After him are Tomas Lindahl, John Ray, Carl Peter Thunberg, Hamilton O. Smith, Mario Capecchi, and William Carey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Gerald Edelman ranks 83. Before him are Pierre Brice, Jean Simmons, George Stinney, Hebe Camargo, Yozo Aoki, and E. O. Wilson. After him are Chadli Bendjedid, Omar Torrijos, Francis Gary Powers, Gaston Glock, Nikolai Ryzhkov, and Claes Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 2014, Gerald Edelman ranks 49. Before him are Maurice Duverger, Veljko Kadijević, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gyula Grosics, Pete Seeger, and Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba. After him are Udo Jürgens, Miklós Jancsó, Dale T. Mortensen, Hans Hollein, David Easton, and Ernesto Laclau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gerald Edelman ranks 1,245 out of 20,380. Before him are Anne Hathaway (1982), Pete Seeger (1919), Uma Thurman (1970), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), Mario Lanza (1921), and Valerie Solanas (1936). After him are Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Claudia Goldin (1946), Evander Holyfield (1962), Jacque Fresco (1916), Marvin Minsky (1927), and Edward C. Tolman (1886).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Gerald Edelman ranks 22. Before him are Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), Edward Tatum (1909), Alfred Hershey (1908), Carl Woese (1928), Edward B. Lewis (1918), and E. O. Wilson (1929). After him are Hamilton O. Smith (1931), J. Michael Bishop (1936), George Davis Snell (1903), Leland H. Hartwell (1939), Norman Borlaug (1914), and Joshua Lederberg (1925).

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