1921 - 2017
Gilbert Stork (December 31, 1921 – October 21, 2017) was an organic chemist. For a quarter of a century he was the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Columbia University. He is known for making significant contributions to the total synthesis of natural products, including a lifelong fascination with the synthesis of quinine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilbert Stork has received more than 110,033 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Stork is the 525th most popular chemist (down from 491st in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 626th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Chemist.
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Among chemists, Gilbert Stork ranks 525 out of 509. Before him are Bruce Ames, Hugo Erdmann, Yellapragada Subbarow, F. Albert Cotton, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, and Mary L. Good. After him are Darleane C. Hoffman, John George Children, Anna J. Harrison, Karen Wetterhahn, Wallace Smith Broecker, and Charles M. Lieber.
1928 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 519
1862 - 1910
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 520
1895 - 1948
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 521
1930 - 2007
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 522
1925 - 1983
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 523
1931 - 2019
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 524
1921 - 2017
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 525
1926 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 526
1777 - 1852
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 527
1912 - 1998
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 528
1948 - 1997
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 529
1931 - 2019
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 530
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 531
Among people born in 1921, Gilbert Stork ranks 381. Before him are Erwin Hahn, Geoffrey Crossley, Ron Greenwood, Muriel Pavlow, Giuseppe Moro, and James Cooke Brown. After him are Günther Bechem, Joan Greenwood, Bill Bright, Ion Negoițescu, Spartaco Bandinelli, and Art Clokey. Among people deceased in 2017, Gilbert Stork ranks 478. Before him are Cécile DeWitt-Morette, Jan Szczepański, Isabelle Daniels, Bajram Rexhepi, Karel Schoeman, and Ahmed Kathrada. After him are Egon Günther, Desmond Connell, John B. Anderson, Josef Augusta, Roberta Peters, and Niels Helveg Petersen.
1921 - 2016
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 375
1921 - 2002
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 376
1921 - 2006
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 377
1921 - 2019
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 378
1921 - 1974
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 379
1921 - 2000
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 380
1921 - 2017
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 381
1921 - 2011
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 382
1921 - 1987
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 383
1921 - 2003
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 384
1921 - 1993
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 385
1921 - 1997
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 386
1921 - 2010
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 387
1922 - 2017
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 472
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 473
1937 - 2017
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 474
1954 - 2017
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 475
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 476
1929 - 2017
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 477
1921 - 2017
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 478
1927 - 2017
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 479
1926 - 2017
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 480
1922 - 2017
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 481
1946 - 2017
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 482
1930 - 2017
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 483
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 484
Among people born in Belgium, Gilbert Stork ranks 702 out of 1,019. Before him are Anne-Marie Lizin (1949), Polydore Veirman (1881), Léon Rosenfeld (1904), Nacer Chadli (1989), Wout van Aert (1994), and Ralph Miliband (1924). After him are Jules Pappaert (1905), Mathieu van der Poel (1995), Kevin Mirallas (1987), Marc Baecke (1956), Veerle Baetens (1978), and Salah Abdeslam (1989).
1949 - 2015
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 696
1881 - 1951
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 697
1904 - 1974
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 698
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 699
1994 - Present
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 700
1924 - 1994
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 701
1921 - 2017
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 702
1905 - 1945
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 703
1995 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 704
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 705
1956 - 2017
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 706
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 707
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 708
Among chemists born in Belgium, Gilbert Stork ranks 7. Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), Ernest Solvay (1838), Yves Chauvin (1930), Leo Baekeland (1863), George Sarton (1884), and Jean Stas (1813).
1580 - 1644
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 1
1838 - 1922
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2
1930 - 2015
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 3
1863 - 1944
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 4
1884 - 1956
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 5
1813 - 1891
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 6
1921 - 2017
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 7