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Henry Eyring

1901 - 1981

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Henry Eyring (February 20, 1901 – December 26, 1981) was a Mexico-born United States theoretical chemist whose primary contribution was in the study of chemical reaction rates and intermediates. Eyring developed the Absolute Rate Theory or Transition state theory of chemical reactions, connecting the fields of chemistry and physics through atomic theory, quantum theory, and statistical mechanics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Eyring has received more than 39,696 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Eyring is the 504th most popular chemist (down from 468th in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 241st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Chemist.

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  • 19

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Henry Eyring ranks 504 out of 509Before him are George M. Whitesides, Albert Ladenburg, Frederick G. Donnan, Nikolai Menshutkin, James Crafts, and Charles Blagden. After him are Walther Kossel, Max Bodenstein, Aleksandr Arbuzov, Johannes Thiele, Alexander Nesmeyanov, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Henry Eyring ranks 268Before him are Carlo Biotti, Narve Bonna, Endre Steiner, Georgy Ushakov, Helen Ferguson, and Paul Fix. After him are Tibor Serly, Sven Utterström, Marieluise Fleißer, Felipe Molas López, Paul Fritsch, and Richard Brauer. Among people deceased in 1981, Henry Eyring ranks 202Before him are David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Karl Struss, Roy Cochran, Guy Butler, Carleton S. Coon, and Wilfried Puis. After him are Gustaf Dyrssen, Paddy Chayefsky, Harry Warren, Big Walter Horton, Humberto Tomasina, and Vera-Ellen.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Henry Eyring ranks 288 out of 585Before him are Horacio Casarín (1918), Raymundo Rodríguez (1905), Ofelia Medina (1950), Alberto Suárez Inda (1939), Rodolfo Choperena (1905), and Claudio Suárez (1968). After him are Roque González Garza (1885), Valentín Canalizo (1794), Rafael Garza Gutiérrez (1896), Martín Luis Guzmán (1887), Carlos Vela (1989), and Pedro Nájera (1929).

Among CHEMISTS In Mexico

Among chemists born in Mexico, Henry Eyring ranks 3Before him are Mario J. Molina (1943) and Luis E. Miramontes (1925).