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Gilbert Stork

1921 - 2017

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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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  • 15

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Gilbert Stork ranks 525 out of 509Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Gilbert Stork ranks 381Before 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 478Before 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.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gilbert Stork ranks 702 out of 1,019Before 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).

Among CHEMISTS In Belgium

Among chemists born in Belgium, Gilbert Stork ranks 7Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), Ernest Solvay (1838), Yves Chauvin (1930), Leo Baekeland (1863), George Sarton (1884), and Jean Stas (1813).