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Paul Flory

1910 - 1985

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Paul John Flory (June 19, 1910 – September 9, 1985) was an American chemist and Nobel laureate who was known for his work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Flory has received more than 171,341 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Paul Flory is the 165th most popular chemist (down from 152nd in 2019), the 1,038th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,063rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Paul Flory ranks 165 out of 602. Before him are Jerome Karle, John Frederic Daniell, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Harry Kroto, Stanislao Cannizzaro, and Johann Wilhelm Ritter. After him are George Andrew Olah, Marcellin Berthelot, Ei-ichi Negishi, Ernst Chain, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, and Alexander R. Todd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Paul Flory ranks 43. Before him are Robert van Gulik, Benzion Netanyahu, Meša Selimović, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Diosdado Macapagal, and Edda Mussolini. After him are Luise Rainer, Edvard Kardelj, Pierre Schaeffer, António de Spínola, Ne Win, and Momofuku Ando. Among people deceased in 1985, Paul Flory ranks 23. Before him are Lon Nol, Philip Larkin, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Anne Baxter, Ferhat Abbas, and John Franklin Enders. After him are Margaret Mahler, Emil Gilels, Macfarlane Burnet, James Hadley Chase, George Pólya, and Robert Graves.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Flory ranks 1,038 out of 20,380. Before him are Leon Festinger (1919), Philip Warren Anderson (1923), Randy Couture (1963), David Hasselhoff (1952), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), and Al Jarreau (1940). After him are R. Lee Ermey (1944), Lillian Gish (1893), Ellen DeGeneres (1958), Laurence Fishburne (1961), Gordon Moore (1929), and Buck Henry (1930).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Paul Flory ranks 29. Before him are Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Arthur Kornberg (1918), Julius Axelrod (1912), Kary Mullis (1944), Karl Barry Sharpless (1941), and Jerome Karle (1918). After him are Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Robert W. Holley (1922), Richard F. Heck (1931), Stanley Miller (1930), Paul D. Boyer (1918), and F. Sherwood Rowland (1927).

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