1948 - 1997
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 1,672,827 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Wetterhahn is the 529th most popular chemist (down from 480th in 2019), the 10,326th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,658th in 2019) and the 98th most popular American Chemist.
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Among chemists, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 529 out of 509. Before her are Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, Mary L. Good, Gilbert Stork, Darleane C. Hoffman, John George Children, and Anna J. Harrison. After her are Wallace Smith Broecker, Charles M. Lieber, Ida Freund, Richard Zare, Susan Solomon, and Martyn Poliakoff.
1925 - 1983
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 523
1931 - 2019
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 524
1921 - 2017
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 525
1926 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 526
1777 - 1852
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 527
1912 - 1998
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 528
1948 - 1997
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 529
1931 - 2019
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 530
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 531
1863 - 1914
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 532
1939 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 533
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 534
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 535
Among people born in 1948, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 582. Before her are Adam Musiał, Anders Wejryd, Michael Moran, Pierre Rapsat, Len Wein, and Sheila Jeffreys. After her are Lesław Ćmikiewicz, John Dew, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, T Bone Burnett, Tom Wolf, and John Evan. Among people deceased in 1997, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 263. Before her are LaVern Baker, Amleto Frignani, Owen Barfield, Gul Mohammed, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Kåre Holt. After her are Guido Vincenzi, Spartaco Bandinelli, Ronald Pope, Don Messick, Magda Gabor, and Robert Serber.
1948 - 2020
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 576
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.05
Rank: 577
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 578
1948 - 2002
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 579
1948 - 2017
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 580
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 581
1948 - 1997
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 582
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 583
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 584
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 585
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 586
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 587
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 588
1929 - 1997
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 257
1932 - 1997
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 258
1898 - 1997
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 259
1957 - 1997
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 260
1920 - 1997
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 261
1916 - 1997
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 262
1948 - 1997
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 263
1932 - 1997
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 264
1921 - 1997
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 265
1920 - 1997
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 266
1926 - 1997
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 267
1915 - 1997
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 268
1909 - 1997
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 269
Among people born in United States, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 10,326 out of 18,182. Before her are Aaron Burckhard (1963), William Boyd (1895), Zoe Kazan (1983), Shelley Berman (1925), Gwen Torrence (1965), and David Denman (1973). After her are William Bartram (1739), Lucy Shapiro (1940), Lowell George (1945), Slim Whitman (1923), Albert Pyun (1953), and Frank Albertson (1909).
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 10,320
1895 - 1972
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 10,321
1983 - Present
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 10,322
1925 - 2017
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 10,323
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 10,324
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 10,325
1948 - 1997
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 10,326
1739 - 1823
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 10,327
1940 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 10,328
1945 - 1979
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 10,329
1923 - 2013
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 10,330
1953 - 2022
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 10,331
1909 - 1964
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 10,332
Among chemists born in United States, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 98. Before her are Bruce Ames (1928), F. Albert Cotton (1930), Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925), Mary L. Good (1931), Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), and Anna J. Harrison (1912). After her are Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Charles M. Lieber (1959), Richard Zare (1939), Susan Solomon (1956), Harry B. Gray (1935), and Donald Howard Menzel (1901).
1928 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 92
1930 - 2007
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 93
1925 - 1983
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 94
1931 - 2019
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 95
1926 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 96
1912 - 1998
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 97
1948 - 1997
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 98
1931 - 2019
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 99
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 100
1939 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 101
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 102
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 103
1901 - 1976
HPI: 38.78
Rank: 104