CHEMIST

Isabella Karle

1921 - 2017

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Isabella Karle (December 2, 1921 – October 3, 2017) was an American chemist who was instrumental in developing techniques to extract plutonium chloride from a mixture containing plutonium oxide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isabella Karle has received more than 62,921 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Isabella Karle is the 464th most popular chemist (down from 424th in 2019), the 5,703rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,869th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Chemist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Isabella Karle ranks 464 out of 602. Before her are Carl Remigius Fresenius, James Crafts, Maclyn McCarty, Friedrich Accum, Takamine Jōkichi, and Zdenko Hans Skraup. After her are Johan Kjeldahl, James Smithson, William Nicholson, Phoebus Levene, Gerhard Schrader, and Hermann Wilhelm Vogel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Isabella Karle ranks 256. Before her are Jack Clayton, Ely, Hélène Berr, James Blish, Kamal Hassan Ali, and Roberto Tucci. After her are John Stott, Reinhard Mohn, Bertil Antonsson, Lis Hartel, Edvard Mirzoyan, and Mario Rigoni Stern. Among people deceased in 2017, Isabella Karle ranks 301. Before her are József Tóth, Victor Lanoux, Jaak Panksepp, Bernard Panafieu, Hal Moore, and Timo Mäkinen. After her are Abdelmajid Dolmy, Jean Vuarnet, Shyla Stylez, Daniil Granin, Alec McCowen, and Vinod Khanna.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Isabella Karle ranks 5,703 out of 20,380. Before her are George Calnan (1900), Elizabeth Mitchell (1970), Sidney Johnson (1877), Amina Wadud (1952), David White (1916), and Harry Carey (1878). After her are Tammy Faye Messner (1942), Sheila E. (1957), Jimmie Rodgers (1897), Sabrina Carpenter (1999), Carmen Basilio (1927), and Johnny Appleseed (1774).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Isabella Karle ranks 86. Before her are Roy J. Plunkett (1910), Myrtle Bachelder (1908), James B. Conant (1893), Donella Meadows (1941), James Crafts (1839), and Maclyn McCarty (1911). After her are Michael Behe (1952), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), Karen Wetterhahn (1948), Robert Jarvik (1946), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), and Darleane C. Hoffman (1926).

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