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Karen Wetterhahn

1948 - 1997

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Karen Elizabeth Wetterhahn (October 16, 1948 – June 8, 1997), also known as Karen Wetterhahn Jennette, was an American professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, who specialized in toxic metal exposure. She died of mercury poisoning at the age of 48 due to accidental exposure to the extremely toxic organic mercury compound dimethylmercury (Hg(CH3)2). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Wetterhahn has received more than 1,787,651 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Karen Wetterhahn is the 522nd most popular chemist (up from 528th in 2019), the 8,097th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,303rd in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.66

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 522 out of 602. Before her are Rainer Ludwig Claisen, Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, Lev Chugaev, Albert Ladenburg, Edward Goodrich Acheson, and Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès. After her are Alexey Favorsky, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, Eugen Baumann, Robin Hill, Hans von Pechmann, and Leslie Orgel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 528. Before her are Hans Aabech, Ibrahim Kuni, Yasumasa Kanada, Nancy Kress, Lajos Kű, and Mikheil Korkia. After her are Jürgen Marcus, John Foxx, Edward Rutherfurd, Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Bülent Arınç, and Bernd Franke. Among people deceased in 1997, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 258. Before her are Pilar Miró, Lars Ahlin, Maria Wittek, Michael Manley, Frank Parker, and Edward Gardère. After her are Ngiratkel Etpison, Abdelkader Ben Bouali, Pedro Zaballa, Martin Kippenberger, Laura Nyro, and Leni Junker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 8,097 out of 20,380. Before her are David Koepp (1963), Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Marge Champion (1919), Jimmy Hart (1943), Alphonso Taft (1810), and Tracy McGrady (1979). After her are Abraham Flexner (1866), Robert Rubin (1938), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), Charles Cyphers (1939), Todd Armstrong (1937), and Bill Nye (1955).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 89. Before her are Donella Meadows (1941), James Crafts (1839), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Isabella Karle (1921), Michael Behe (1952), and Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856). After her are Robert Jarvik (1946), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), Helen Murray Free (1923), Bruce Alberts (1938), and Florence B. Seibert (1897).

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