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Herbert Spencer Gasser

1888 - 1963

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Herbert Spencer Gasser (July 5, 1888 – May 11, 1963) was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers while on the faculty of Washington University in St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Spencer Gasser has received more than 83,828 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Herbert Spencer Gasser is the 52nd most popular physician (up from 66th in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from United States (up from 541st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Physician.

Herbert Spencer Gasser is most famous for his work in the field of biochemistry. He was able to synthesize a molecule that was capable of breaking down the sugar molecule, sucrose, into its two component parts, glucose and fructose. This discovery led to the production of a number of artificial sweeteners, including aspartame.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 52 out of 726. Before him are Otto Heinrich Warburg, Christiaan Eijkman, Hilary of Poitiers, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Franz Mesmer, and Eugen Bleuler. After him are Robert Bellarmine, René Laennec, Djer, Philippe Pinel, Gerhard Domagk, and Emil Theodor Kocher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 20. Before him are Jean Monnet, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Raymond Chandler, John Logie Baird, Roland Garros, and C. V. Raman. After him are Frits Zernike, Alexander Friedmann, Eugene O'Neill, Richard E. Byrd, Friedrich Fromm, and Johannes Itten. Among people deceased in 1963, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 21. Before him are Nâzım Hikmet, Theodor Heuss, Francis Poulenc, Sylvia Plath, Paul Hindemith, and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. After him are Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Thích Quảng Đức, Abd al-Karim Qasim, Carmen Amaya, Rajendra Prasad, and Theodore von Kármán.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 455 out of 20,380. Before him are Bernie Madoff (1938), O. J. Simpson (1947), George Herbert Mead (1863), Robert Johnson (1911), Viggo Mortensen (1958), and Diana Ross (1944). After him are Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), William G. Morgan (1870), Danny Trejo (1944), Roy Lichtenstein (1923), Robert Zemeckis (1952), and Ralph Lauren (1939).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 2. Before him are Virginia Apgar (1909). After him are William P. Murphy (1892), Ferid Murad (1936), Stanley Cohen (1922), George Minot (1885), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), William T. G. Morton (1819), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), Jonas Salk (1914), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), and Dickinson W. Richards (1895).

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