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Kurt Wüthrich

1938 - Today

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Kurt Wüthrich (born 4 October 1938 in Aarberg, Canton of Bern) is a Swiss chemist/biophysicist and Nobel Chemistry laureate, known for developing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for studying biological macromolecules. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Wüthrich has received more than 151,886 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Kurt Wüthrich is the 145th most popular chemist (down from 137th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Chemist.

Kurt Wüthrich is most famous for his work in the field of molecular biology. His research has led to a better understanding of how cells divide and how DNA is repaired. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for his work on the structure and function of the ribosome.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Kurt Wüthrich ranks 145 out of 509. Before him are Robert W. Holley, Fritz Strassmann, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, and Robert F. Furchgott. After him are Sune Bergström, Jerome Karle, Hennig Brand, Ignacy Mościcki, Paul Lauterbur, and Stanley Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Kurt Wüthrich ranks 59. Before him are Tomas Lindahl, César Luis Menotti, István Szabó, Manuel Santana, Elliott Gould, and Ayaz Mutallibov. After him are Ben E. King, Derek Jacobi, Bob Kahn, Terence Stamp, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, and José Altafini.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Kurt Wüthrich ranks 89 out of 876. Before him are Werner Arber (1929), Jean Tinguely (1925), Louis, Duke of Savoy (1413), Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747), Brother Roger (1915), and Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815). After him are Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270), Albrecht von Haller (1708), Alfred Cortot (1877), Jakob Steiner (1796), Bernardino Luini (1475), and Louis Chevrolet (1878).

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Among CHEMISTS In Switzerland

Among chemists born in Switzerland, Kurt Wüthrich ranks 4. Before him are Albert Hofmann (1906), Paul Hermann Müller (1899), and Richard R. Ernst (1933). After him are Germain Henri Hess (1802), Jacques Dubochet (1942), Emil Abderhalden (1877), Victor Goldschmidt (1888), Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817), Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), and Marc Delafontaine (1838).

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