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Helen Murray Free

1923 - 2021

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Helen Murray Free (February 20, 1923 – May 1, 2021) was an American chemist and educator. She is most known for revolutionizing many in vitro self-testing systems for diabetes and other diseases while working at Miles Laboratories. The tests are still marketed today with blood tests as Ascensia Diabetes Care, and urine tests under Siemens Healthineers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Murray Free has received more than 126,192 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Helen Murray Free is the 490th most popular chemist, the 7,296th most popular biography from United States and the 85th most popular American Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Helen Murray Free ranks 490 out of 509. Before her are Karol Olszewski, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Marc Delafontaine, C. N. R. Rao, Edward Goodrich Acheson, and Gustav Rose. After her are Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Zdenko Hans Skraup, David MacMillan, Nikodem Caro, Rainer Ludwig Claisen, and Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Helen Murray Free ranks 322. Before her are Shlomo Hillel, Alina Janowska, Bob Barker, Tom M. Apostol, Jean Stapleton, and Bruno Zumino. After her are Piero D'Inzeo, Walter Jens, James Stockdale, Liviu Ciulei, Mukesh, and Patrick Moore. Among people deceased in 2021, Helen Murray Free ranks 495. Before her are Chris Anker Sørensen, Fredi, Marco Maciel, Leopoldo Serantes, Tim Bogert, and Mona Malm. After her are Peter Mark Richman, Naohiro Ikeda, Tony Esposito, Bernd Nickel, Richard Rush, and Evgeny Sveshnikov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Murray Free ranks 7,296 out of 18,182. Before her are George Thorogood (1950), Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (1978), Edwin Starr (1942), Jenna Elfman (1971), Clyde Cessna (1879), and Glenn Medeiros (1970). After her are Scott O'Dell (1898), Bert Stern (1929), Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), Angie Harmon (1972), Jon Stewart (1962), and Faye Grant (1957).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Helen Murray Free ranks 85. Before her are Isabella Karle (1921), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Caleb Bradham (1867), James B. Conant (1893), Michael Behe (1952), and Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856). After her are George M. Whitesides (1939), James Crafts (1839), Allen J. Bard (1933), Barbara Askins (1939), Robert Jarvik (1946), and Mildred Cohn (1913).

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