BIOLOGIST

H. Robert Horvitz

1947 - Today

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Howard Robert Horvitz ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS NAM (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. Robert Horvitz has received more than 160,558 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). H. Robert Horvitz is the 223rd most popular biologist (up from 224th in 2019), the 2,107th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,396th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year H. Robert Horvitz has had the most page views in the with 15,897 views, followed by Chinese (3,279), and Spanish (1,822). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (106.53%), Yoruba (79.05%), and Ido (74.23%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 223 out of 1,097. Before him are Desmond Morris, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Stephan Endlicher, Albert von Kölliker, Roberto de Visiani, and Thomas Cavalier-Smith. After him are James Dwight Dana, Clair Cameron Patterson, George Smith, Francisco Varela, Humberto Maturana, and Carl Bernhard von Trinius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 139. Before him are Marion Ramsey, Nina Matviienko, Ry Cooder, Alexander Rutskoy, Oliver Dragojević, and David Byron. After him are Kevin Farrell, Thomas Cech, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Nevio Scala, and Kathrine Switzer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 2,107 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Perry (1949), Bob Kahn (1938), Leroy Anderson (1908), R. L. Stine (1943), Lou Gehrig (1903), and Wild Bill Hickok (1837). After him are Robert Cialdini (1945), Josh Brolin (1968), Cus D'Amato (1908), Kurtwood Smith (1943), Georgina Spelvin (1936), and Chris Rock (1965).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 39. Before him are Jeffrey C. Hall (1945), Daniel Nathans (1928), Asa Gray (1810), Temple Grandin (1947), Wilbur Scoville (1865), and Michael W. Young (1949). After him are James Dwight Dana (1813), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), George Smith (1941), Charles M. Rice (1952), Howard Martin Temin (1934), and James Rothman (1950).

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