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John Fenn

1917 - 2010

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John Bennett Fenn (June 15, 1917 – December 10, 2010) was an American professor of analytical chemistry who was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. He shared half of the award with Koichi Tanaka for their work in mass spectrometry. The other half of went to Kurt Wüthrich. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Fenn has received more than 5,996 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). John Fenn is the 207th most popular chemist (down from 199th in 2019), the 1,298th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,335th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Chemist.

John Fenn is most famous for his discovery of the Fenn Treasure, which he found in 1982.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, John Fenn ranks 207 out of 602. Before him are Osamu Shimomura, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Mario J. Molina, Nikolay Semyonov, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, and Kenichi Fukui. After him are Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Gerhard Herzberg, Wallace Carothers, Friedrich Sertürner, Satoshi Ōmura, and Aziz Sancar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, John Fenn ranks 58. Before him are Maurice Duverger, William Standish Knowles, Leonora Carrington, Chung Il-kwon, Thelonious Monk, and Susan Hayward. After him are Masahiko Kimura, Asmahan, Herbert Lom, David Easton, Rodney Robert Porter, and Dinu Lipatti. Among people deceased in 2010, John Fenn ranks 45. Before him are Jean Simmons, James Black, Bekim Fehmiu, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Enzo Bearzot, and Blake Edwards. After him are Francisco Varallo, Paul Schäfer, Mario Monicelli, Arthur Penn, Juliet Anderson, and Ryszard Kaczorowski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Fenn ranks 1,298 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Hathaway (1898), Ray Ewry (1873), Anastacia (1968), Guy Williams (1924), Danny Aiello (1933), and Dale T. Mortensen (1939). After him are Robert Taylor (1911), Alyson Hannigan (1974), George Dantzig (1914), Steven Chu (1948), Chyna (1969), and William Randolph Hearst (1863).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, John Fenn ranks 40. Before him are Paul D. Boyer (1918), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), Robert S. Mulliken (1896), Paul L. Modrich (1946), Robert Curl (1933), and William Standish Knowles (1917). After him are Wallace Carothers (1896), Alan J. Heeger (1936), Donald J. Cram (1919), Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), and William Lipscomb (1919).

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