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John Jacob Abel

1857 - 1938

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John Jacob Abel (19 May 1857 – 26 May 1938) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist. He established the pharmacology department at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1893, and then became America's first full-time professor of pharmacology. During his time at Hopkins, he made several important medical advancements, especially in the field of hormone extraction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Jacob Abel has received more than 73,607 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Jacob Abel is the 800th most popular biologist (down from 668th in 2019), the 7,897th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,141st in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Jacob Abel ranks 800 out of 841. Before him are Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, John Lawrence LeConte, Karl Alfred von Zittel, Aimée Antoinette Camus, Thomas Nuttall, and Robert Weinberg. After him are Reginald Innes Pocock, Astrid Cleve, Michael Sars, August W. Eichler, Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, and Robert Wight.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, John Jacob Abel ranks 117. Before him are Gunnar Heiberg, Michael Pedersen Friis, František Ondříček, Pedro Paterno, Charles Frédéric Petit, and Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer. After him are Max Weiss, Edward Henry Potthast, Charles B. Cory, Frank J. Sprague, John Joly, and Auguste Serrurier. Among people deceased in 1938, John Jacob Abel ranks 170. Before him are Ángel Arocha, Michel Giacobini, Harry Myers, Zitkala-Sa, James Scott, and Warner Oland. After him are Ricardo Samper, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Herbert Jamison, Tom Crean, John Exley, and Jacob Wackernagel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Jacob Abel ranks 7,897 out of 18,182. Before him are Alexis Arquette (1969), Alfred W. Crosby (1931), Zach McGowan (1980), Billy Eckstine (1914), Lawrence Gordon (1936), and Robert H. Dennard (1932). After him are Samuel Alito (1950), Roy Ayers (1940), Mary L. Cleave (1947), Mike Dirnt (1972), Christina Grimmie (1994), and Jimmy Kimmel (1967).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, John Jacob Abel ranks 112. Before him are Sereno Watson (1826), Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), Judah Folkman (1933), Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), and Robert Weinberg (1942). After him are Jane Colden (1724), Clinton Hart Merriam (1855), Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), Mary Katharine Brandegee (1844), George Ord (1781), and Alfred Romer (1894).

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