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BIOLOGIST

Katsuko Saruhashi

1920 - 2007

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Katsuko Saruhashi (猿橋 勝子, Saruhashi Katsuko, March 22, 1920 – September 29, 2007) was a Japanese geochemist who created tools that let her take some of the first measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in seawater. She later showed evidence of the dangers of radioactive fallout and how far it can travel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katsuko Saruhashi has received more than 1,067,302 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Katsuko Saruhashi is the 723rd most popular biologist (down from 631st in 2019), the 1,190th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,027th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Katsuko Saruhashi ranks 723 out of 841. Before her are William Townsend Aiton, François Marie Daudin, Ernst Ahl, Mary F. Lyon, Thomas Bell, and Émil Goeldi. After her are Robert Trivers, August Batsch, Frédéric de Lafresnaye, John Gerard, Karl Hugo Strunz, and Francis Willughby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Katsuko Saruhashi ranks 303. Before her are Fyodor Abramov, Sverre Farstad, Franca Valeri, George Herbig, Reginald Rose, and Marie Ljalková. After her are Jean Marcel Honoré, Enzo Biagi, Zeno Colò, Chushiro Hayashi, William Tenn, and Claude Cheysson. Among people deceased in 2007, Katsuko Saruhashi ranks 256. Before her are Kei Kumai, Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Art Buchwald, Édouard Gagnon, Joseíto, and John Gardner. After her are John P. Ryan, Noël Milarew Odingar, Igor Novikov, Georg Buschner, Enzo Biagi, and Benito Lorenzi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Katsuko Saruhashi ranks 1,190 out of 6,048. Before her are Kei Kumai (1930), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), Shu Kamo (1939), Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), Kei Nishikori (1989), and Tetsuya Komuro (1958). After her are Kaz Hirai (1960), Isao Okano (1944), Kusuo Kitamura (1917), Keiko Awaji (1933), Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949), and Keiji Fujiwara (1964).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Japan

Among biologists born in Japan, Katsuko Saruhashi ranks 8. Before her are Susumu Tonegawa (1939), Hideyo Noguchi (1876), Motoo Kimura (1924), Takenoshin Nakai (1882), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), and Tomitaro Makino (1862). After her are Bunzō Hayata (1874), Tokiharu Abe (1911), and Ryuta Kawashima (1959).

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