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Paul L. Modrich

1946 - Today

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Paul Lawrence Modrich (born June 13, 1946) is an American biochemist, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is known for his research on DNA mismatch repair. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul L. Modrich has received more than 217,525 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Paul L. Modrich is the 194th most popular chemist (up from 238th in 2019), the 1,208th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,551st in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 66.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Paul L. Modrich ranks 194 out of 602. Before him are Robert S. Mulliken, Emil Erlenmeyer, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Hennig Brand, Roald Hoffmann, and Alan MacDiarmid. After him are Robert Curl, William Standish Knowles, Louis Jacques Thénard, Max Perutz, John Vane, and Hermann Kolbe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Paul L. Modrich ranks 97. Before him are Laura Bush, Peter Singer, Yonatan Netanyahu, Stefania Sandrelli, Semion Mogilevich, and Steve Biko. After him are Ajda Pekkan, Jean Todt, Demetris Christofias, Robert Reich, Claudia Goldin, and Kim Kyong-hui.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul L. Modrich ranks 1,208 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Englund (1947), Fred Trump (1905), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Ben Stiller (1965), Lenny Kravitz (1964), and Loie Fuller (1862). After him are Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), Robert Curl (1933), Kelly McGillis (1957), William Standish Knowles (1917), Robert Knepper (1959), and Lita Grey (1908).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Paul L. Modrich ranks 37. Before him are Robert W. Holley (1922), Richard F. Heck (1931), Stanley Miller (1930), Paul D. Boyer (1918), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), and Robert S. Mulliken (1896). After him are Robert Curl (1933), William Standish Knowles (1917), John Fenn (1917), Wallace Carothers (1896), Alan J. Heeger (1936), and Donald J. Cram (1919).

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