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Jens Christian Skou

1918 - 2018

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Jens Christian Skou (Danish pronunciation: [ˈjens ˈkʰʁestjæn ˈskʌwˀ]; 8 October 1918 – 28 May 2018) was a Danish biochemist and Nobel laureate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jens Christian Skou has received more than 139,403 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Jens Christian Skou is the 105th most popular physician (up from 135th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Denmark (up from 104th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Physician.

Jens Christian Skou is most famous for his invention of the process of electrophoresis.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Jens Christian Skou ranks 105 out of 726. Before him are Róbert Bárány, André Frédéric Cournand, Ctesias, Werner Forssmann, William T. G. Morton, and Julius Wagner-Jauregg. After him are Frederick Chapman Robbins, James Parkinson, Ronald Ross, Eric Kandel, Ulf von Euler, and Jonas Salk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Jens Christian Skou ranks 28. Before him are Martin Ryle, Jørn Utzon, Kai Siegbahn, Billy Graham, Muriel Spark, and Ernst Otto Fischer. After him are Rosalia Lombardo, Franco Modigliani, Frederick Reines, Yigal Allon, Ahmed Deedat, and Bertram Brockhouse. Among people deceased in 2018, Jens Christian Skou ranks 29. Before him are Ursula K. Le Guin, Burt Reynolds, Riccardo Giacconi, Lys Assia, Arto Paasilinna, and Richard E. Taylor. After him are Arvid Carlsson, Robert Venturi, Stéphane Audran, Charles K. Kao, Francis Lai, and V. S. Naipaul.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jens Christian Skou ranks 81 out of 1,032. Before him are Valdemar III of Denmark (1314), Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted (1879), Michael Laudrup (1964), Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark (1771), Eric I of Denmark (1055), and Eric IV of Denmark (1216). After him are Christopher II of Denmark (1276), Prince George of Denmark (1653), Gerda Wegener (1886), Christopher I of Denmark (1219), Sven Hassel (1917), and Allan Simonsen (1952).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Denmark

Among physicians born in Denmark, Jens Christian Skou ranks 3. Before him are Johannes Fibiger (1867), and August Krogh (1874). After him are Christian Bohr (1855), Carl Værnet (1893), Max Heindel (1865), Emil Aarestrup (1800), Carl Lange (1834), and Halfdan T. Mahler (1923).

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