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Percy Lavon Julian

1899 - 1975

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Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. Julian was the first person to synthesize the natural product physostigmine, and a pioneer in industrial large-scale chemical synthesis of the human hormones progesterone and testosterone from plant sterols such as stigmasterol and sitosterol. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Percy Lavon Julian has received more than 1,010,133 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Percy Lavon Julian is the 581st most popular chemist (down from 538th in 2019), the 11,399th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,796th in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Percy Lavon Julian ranks 581 out of 602. Before him are Achim Müller, Gilbert Stork, Omowunmi Sadik, F. Albert Cotton, Jacqueline Barton, and Bonnie Bassler. After him are Benjamin Silliman, Peter Jacob Hjelm, Yellapragada Subbarow, Martyn Poliakoff, John George Children, and Richard Lerner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Percy Lavon Julian ranks 311. Before him are Kazimierz Laskowski, Carlos P. Romulo, Carmel Myers, Dwight Frye, Walter Crickmer, and Gilbert Colgate. After him are Madge Bellamy, Seán Lemass, Ezra Taft Benson, George K. Arthur, Jimmie Davis, and Paul Kelly. Among people deceased in 1975, Percy Lavon Julian ranks 259. Before him are Walter Schneiter, R. C. Sherriff, George R. Price, Beatrix Loughran, William Cockburn, and Raphael Tracey. After him are Pamela Brown, Rudi Ball, Hans Ziglarski, Ian Hunter, Marjorie Main, and Larry Parks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Percy Lavon Julian ranks 11,399 out of 20,380. Before him are Nick Cannon (1980), Chris Weitz (1969), James Toney (1968), Tris Speaker (1888), Naomi Wolf (1962), and David "Honeyboy" Edwards (1915). After him are Dawn Olivieri (1981), Allison Anders (1954), Samuel Chase (1741), Fred Savage (1976), Jamie Chung (1983), and Madge Bellamy (1899).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Percy Lavon Julian ranks 113. Before him are Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), Richard Zare (1939), Susan Solomon (1956), F. Albert Cotton (1930), Jacqueline Barton (1952), and Bonnie Bassler (1962). After him are Benjamin Silliman (1779), Richard Lerner (1938), Esther M. Conwell (1922), Ruth R. Benerito (1916), Donald Howard Menzel (1901), and Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925).

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