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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 134,251 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Jens Christian Skou is the 135th most popular physician (down from 121st in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 93rd 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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  • 130k

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  • 61.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Jens Christian Skou ranks 135 out of 502. Before him are Joseph Murray, Carl Wernicke, Francysk Skaryna, Frederick Griffith, Charles Brenton Huggins, and Giovanni Antonio Scopoli. After him are Marie François Xavier Bichat, Robin Cook, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Agnodice, Mungo Park, and Ulf von Euler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Jens Christian Skou ranks 42. Before him are Pavlik Morozov, Birgit Nilsson, Jerome Karle, André Bazin, Lila Kedrova, and Günther Rall. After him are Ahmed Deedat, Patricio Aylwin, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Robert Aldrich, Sam Walton, and Hans Scholl. Among people deceased in 2018, Jens Christian Skou ranks 44. Before him are V. S. Naipaul, Gudrun Burwitz, Barbara Bush, R. Lee Ermey, Riccardo Giacconi, and Burton Richter. After him are Milena Dravić, Claude Lanzmann, Günter Blobel, Joël Robuchon, Jean-Louis Tauran, and Paul D. Boyer.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jens Christian Skou ranks 105 out of 893. Before him are Prince George of Denmark (1653), Georg Brandes (1842), Otto Jespersen (1860), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878), and Absalon (1128). After him are Bille August (1948), Niels Gade (1817), Hans Christian Gram (1853), Harald Bohr (1887), Sophia Brahe (1556), and Nicolai Abildgaard (1743).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Denmark

Among physicians born in Denmark, Jens Christian Skou ranks 3. Before him are August Krogh (1874) and Johannes Fibiger (1867). After him are Carl Værnet (1893), Christian Bohr (1855), Max Heindel (1865), Peter C. Gøtzsche (1949), Carl Lange (1834), Emil Aarestrup (1800), and Halfdan T. Mahler (1923).

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