CHEMIST

Paul J. Crutzen

1933 - 2021

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Paul Jozef Crutzen (Dutch pronunciation: [pʌul ˈjoːzəf ˈkrʏtsə(n)]; 3 December 1933 – 28 January 2021) was a Dutch meteorologist and atmospheric chemist. In 1995, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Mario Molina and Frank Sherwood Rowland for their work on atmospheric chemistry and specifically for his efforts in studying the formation and decomposition of atmospheric ozone. In addition to studying the ozone layer and climate change, he popularized the term Anthropocene to describe a proposed new epoch in the Quaternary period when human actions have a drastic effect on the Earth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul J. Crutzen has received more than 264,443 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Paul J. Crutzen is the 68th most popular chemist (up from 111th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Chemist.

Paul J. Crutzen is most famous for the discovery of the ozone hole in 1985.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Paul J. Crutzen ranks 68 out of 602. Before him are Richard Willstätter, Claude Louis Berthollet, Hans Fischer, Joseph Black, Tadeusz Reichstein, and Jan Baptist van Helmont. After him are Joseph Proust, Julius Lothar Meyer, Francis William Aston, Irving Langmuir, Hermann Staudinger, and Heinrich Otto Wieland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Paul J. Crutzen ranks 29. Before him are Elinor Ostrom, Francisco Gento, Arno Allan Penzias, Jayne Mansfield, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Paul Biya. After him are Abolhassan Banisadr, Bernardo Provenzano, Kim Novak, Quincy Jones, Costa-Gavras, and Álvaro Siza Vieira. Among people deceased in 2021, Paul J. Crutzen ranks 20. Before him are Carlos Menem, Bernie Madoff, Desmond Tutu, Raffaella Carrà, Bernard Tapie, and Roh Tae-woo. After him are Abolhassan Banisadr, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Nathalie Delon, Sonny Chiba, Jacques Rogge, and Hans Küng.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Paul J. Crutzen ranks 58 out of 1,646. Before him are Frits Zernike (1888), Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870), Theo van Doesburg (1883), Michiel de Ruyter (1607), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), and Sylvia Kristel (1952). After him are Han van Meegeren (1889), Frederick de Houtman (1571), Jan Tinbergen (1903), Pieter de Hooch (1629), Simon van der Meer (1925), and Johan de Witt (1625).

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Among CHEMISTS In Netherlands

Among chemists born in Netherlands, Paul J. Crutzen ranks 2. Before him are Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852). After him are Ben Feringa (1951), C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801), and Albert Kluyver (1888).

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