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Myrtle Bachelder

1908 - 1997

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Myrtle Claire Bachelder (March 13, 1908 – May 22, 1997) was an American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer, who is noted for her secret work on the Manhattan Project atomic bomb program, and for the development of techniques in the chemistry of metals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Myrtle Bachelder has received more than 43,039 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Myrtle Bachelder is the 446th most popular chemist, the 5,024th most popular biography from United States and the 81st most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Myrtle Bachelder ranks 446 out of 602Before her are Juan José Elhuyar, Henri Laborit, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Gaston Tissandier, Henri Braconnot, and Antoine Bussy. After her are Jacques-Louis Soret, James B. Conant, Donella Meadows, Johann Schweigger, Carl Theodore Liebermann, and Felix Hoppe-Seyler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Myrtle Bachelder ranks 212Before her are Harald Reinl, Karl Hein, Mikayil Mushfig, Joshua Logan, Renzo Rossellini, and George Pal. After her are Marcel Langiller, Ethel Merman, Ethel Catherwood, Agustín Sauto Arana, Carlos Lleras Restrepo, and Marina Semyonova. Among people deceased in 1997, Myrtle Bachelder ranks 172Before her are James A. Michener, Brian Connolly, Bengt Danielsson, Georgy Shonin, Robert Pinget, and John Akii-Bua. After her are Tony Williams, Afonsinho, William Hickey, Tete Montoliu, Shinichi Hoshi, and Billy Bremner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Myrtle Bachelder ranks 5,024 out of 20,380Before her are John Templeton (1912), James Coco (1930), Daniel Baldwin (1960), Haskell Curry (1900), Francis Davis Millet (1848), and Adlai Stevenson II (1900). After her are Mark Milley (1958), George Sidney (1916), Joan Osborne (1962), George Burns (1896), Mary Agnes Chase (1869), and Rhonda Fleming (1923).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Myrtle Bachelder ranks 81Before her are George Washington Carver (1864), Jennifer Doudna (1964), John Tukey (1915), Carolyn R. Bertozzi (1966), Eric Betzig (1960), and Roy J. Plunkett (1910). After her are James B. Conant (1893), Donella Meadows (1941), James Crafts (1839), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Isabella Karle (1921), and Michael Behe (1952).