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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 77,734 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Herbert Spencer Gasser is the 66th most popular physician (up from 120th in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from United States (up from 960th in 2019) and the 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 66 out of 502. Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen, Eugen Bleuler, Emil Theodor Kocher, Djer, Herophilos, and Joseph Lister. After him are James Parkinson, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Peter Canisius, Hans Selye, William P. Murphy, and Selman Waksman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 25. Before him are C. V. Raman, Johannes Itten, Roland Garros, F. W. Murnau, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, and Alexander Friedmann. After him are T. S. Eliot, Eugene O'Neill, Gerrit Rietveld, Selman Waksman, Frits Zernike, and Inge Lehmann. Among people deceased in 1963, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 22. Before him are Francis Poulenc, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Sylvia Plath, Theodor Heuss, Thích Quảng Đức, and Yasujirō Ozu. After him are Rajendra Prasad, Abd al-Karim Qasim, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Michael Rockefeller, Carmen Amaya, and Theodore von Kármán.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 541 out of 18,182. Before him are Jennifer Aniston (1969), Steven Tyler (1948), Matt Damon (1970), Albert Ellis (1913), Aaron T. Beck (1921), and Sidney Sheldon (1917). After him are John Howard Northrop (1891), T. S. Eliot (1888), James E. Webb (1906), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Jerry Lewis (1926), and Anthony Perkins (1932).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 1. After him are William P. Murphy (1892), William T. G. Morton (1819), Jonas Salk (1914), Stanley Cohen (1922), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), George Minot (1885), Ferid Murad (1936), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Harvey J. Alter (1935), Virginia Apgar (1909), and Joseph Murray (1919).

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