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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. He and Mario Molina and Frank Sherwood Rowland were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 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 248,721 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Paul J. Crutzen is the 111th most popular chemist (up from 112th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 103rd 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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  • 10.52

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  • 3.13

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Paul J. Crutzen ranks 111 out of 509. Before him are Henry Hallett Dale, Robert Robinson, Carl Ferdinand Cori, Antoni Grabowski, Wendell Meredith Stanley, and Heinrich Otto Wieland. After him are James Dewar, Stanford Moore, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Leopold Ružička, Avram Hershko, and John Macleod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Paul J. Crutzen ranks 44. Before him are Oliver Sacks, Gian Maria Volonté, Bernardo Provenzano, Gene Wilder, Quincy Jones, and Jerzy Grotowski. After him are Richard R. Ernst, Jayne Mansfield, Samora Machel, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, John Gurdon, and Horst Buchholz. Among people deceased in 2021, Paul J. Crutzen ranks 42. Before him are Frank Williams, Chick Corea, Robert Mundell, Jorge Sampaio, Carlos Reutemann, and Martinus J. G. Veltman. After him are Lina Wertmüller, Jean-Pierre Adams, Dušan Ivković, Richard R. Ernst, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Vicente Fernández.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Paul J. Crutzen ranks 92 out of 1,427. Before him are Lucas van Leyden (1494), Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930), Gerard David (1450), Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931), Willem de Kooning (1904), and Kees van Dongen (1877). After him are Jan van Goyen (1596), Hendrick Avercamp (1585), Jacobus Arminius (1560), Herman Boerhaave (1668), Gerard ter Borch (1617), and Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692).

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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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