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Marie Maynard Daly

1921 - 2003

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Marie Maynard Daly (April 16, 1921 – October 28, 2003) was an American biochemist. She was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Columbia University and the first African-American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie Maynard Daly has received more than 384,989 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Maynard Daly is the 569th most popular chemist, the 10,422nd most popular biography from United States and the 104th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Marie Maynard Daly ranks 569 out of 602Before her are Barbara Askins, Henry Roscoe, Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, Jiří Drahoš, George M. Whitesides, and Ira Remsen. After her are Edith M. Flanigen, Emma P. Carr, Rachel Fuller Brown, Richard Zare, Susan Solomon, and Achim Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Marie Maynard Daly ranks 423Before her are Günther Bechem, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Róbert Antal, Eeva-Liisa Manner, Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn, and Ion Negoițescu. After her are Erwin Hahn, Gene Saks, Beatrice Mintz, Naomi Parker Fraley, John Aston Sr., and Kurt Marti. Among people deceased in 2003, Marie Maynard Daly ranks 329Before her are William C. McCool, Karen Morley, Ottorino Volonterio, Pierre Blondiaux, Éva Janikovszky, and Georgi Vladimov. After her are Vera Zorina, Tony Thompson, John Aston Sr., Rachel Corrie, Grigory Mkrtychan, and Rajko Žižić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marie Maynard Daly ranks 10,422 out of 20,380Before her are LeRoy Pope Walker (1817), C. J. Ramone (1965), Brian Helgeland (1961), Kathryn Crosby (1933), Doja Cat (1995), and Thomas Mifflin (1744). After her are Evelyn Venable (1913), Jimmy Carl Black (1938), Claudia Kolb (1949), Jeremy Allen White (1991), Sterling Price (1809), and Debbi Peterson (1961).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Marie Maynard Daly ranks 104Before her are Bruce Ames (1928), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), Barbara Askins (1939), George M. Whitesides (1939), and Ira Remsen (1846). After her are Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Emma P. Carr (1880), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), Richard Zare (1939), Susan Solomon (1956), and F. Albert Cotton (1930).