CHEMIST

Jerome Karle

1918 - 2013

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Jerome Karle (born Jerome Karfunkle; June 18, 1918 – June 6, 2013) was an American physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerome Karle has received more than 100,068 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Jerome Karle is the 159th most popular chemist (down from 147th in 2019), the 1,018th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,049th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Chemist.

Jerome Karle is most famous for his contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA.

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  • 67.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 16.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jerome Karle ranks 159 out of 602. Before him are Georg Ernst Stahl, Johann Deisenhofer, George Porter, Kary Mullis, Karl Barry Sharpless, and Robert Huber. After him are John Frederic Daniell, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Harry Kroto, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, and Paul Flory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Jerome Karle ranks 38. Before him are Yigal Allon, Ahmed Deedat, Bertram Brockhouse, Arthur Kornberg, James Tobin, and Maurice Druon. After him are Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Julian Schwinger, Hans Scholl, Patricio Aylwin, and Edward B. Lewis. Among people deceased in 2013, Jerome Karle ranks 42. Before him are Rochus Misch, Ray Manzarek, Erich Priebke, Georges Moustaki, Don Shirley, and Mohammed Omar. After him are Jesús Franco, James Gandolfini, Lawrence Klein, John Cornforth, James M. Buchanan, and Nagisa Oshima.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerome Karle ranks 1,018 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), Ed Wood (1924), Woody Harrelson (1961), Mr. T (1952), Kevin Kline (1947), and Walter Lippmann (1889). After him are Hugh Glass (1783), Duff McKagan (1964), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), John Searle (1932), W. Edwards Deming (1900), and Paul Allen (1953).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Jerome Karle ranks 28. Before him are Willard Libby (1908), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Arthur Kornberg (1918), Julius Axelrod (1912), Kary Mullis (1944), and Karl Barry Sharpless (1941). After him are Paul Flory (1910), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Robert W. Holley (1922), Richard F. Heck (1931), Stanley Miller (1930), and Paul D. Boyer (1918).

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