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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 282,995 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Gerald Edelman is the 145th most popular biologist (down from 100th in 2019), the 1,414th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,061st in 2019) and the 25th 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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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Gerald Edelman ranks 145 out of 841. Before him are Hamilton O. Smith, Nettie Stevens, Salvador Luria, Georg Forster, Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Charles Bonnet. After him are Wilhelm Johannsen, Daniel Nathans, Robert Whittaker, Desmond Morris, Charles Scott Sherrington, and Susumu Tonegawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Gerald Edelman ranks 90. Before him are Andriyan Nikolayev, Michael Atiyah, Christos Sartzetakis, Imelda Marcos, Omar Torrijos, and Bob Newhart. After him are Fernanda Montenegro, Helmut Rahn, Abdel Halim Hafez, Ivar Giaever, Yozo Aoki, and Alasdair MacIntyre. Among people deceased in 2014, Gerald Edelman ranks 51. Before him are Stephanie Kwolek, Udo Jürgens, James Garner, Ernesto Laclau, Gyula Grosics, and Hans Hollein. After him are Dale T. Mortensen, Oscar de la Renta, Yozo Aoki, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Gottfried John, and Miklós Jancsó.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gerald Edelman ranks 1,414 out of 18,182. Before him are Sissy Spacek (1949), Patch Adams (1945), Elisabeth Shue (1963), Danielle Steel (1947), Bob Newhart (1929), and Serena Williams (1981). After him are Robert Jordan (1948), Mike Portnoy (1967), Rollo May (1909), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), and Bob Ross (1942).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Gerald Edelman ranks 25. Before him are Edward B. Lewis (1918), Carl Woese (1928), James Bond (1900), Joshua Lederberg (1925), Hamilton O. Smith (1931), and Nettie Stevens (1861). After him are Daniel Nathans (1928), Robert Whittaker (1920), J. Michael Bishop (1936), Paul Greengard (1925), Temple Grandin (1947), and John B. Calhoun (1917).

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