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Peter D. Mitchell

1920 - 1992

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter D. Mitchell has received more than 158,077 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter D. Mitchell is the 177th most popular chemist (up from 196th in 2019), the 889th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 775th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Chemist.

Peter d. mitchell is most famous for his discovery of the chemiosmotic theory, which proposes that the proton gradient across the inner membrane of the mitochondria is the driving force for ATP synthesis.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 177 out of 510. Before him are Feodor Lynen, Germain Henri Hess, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Robert Huber, Wilfrid Voynich, and Archer Martin. After him are Gerhard Herzberg, Stephanie Kwolek, Giulio Natta, Tapputi, Emil Erlenmeyer, and Alan J. Heeger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 65. Before him are Baruj Benacerraf, Ivan Kozhedub, Arthur Hailey, Setsuko Hara, Alicia Alonso, and Jaan Kross. After him are Albert Barillé, Maurice Bucaille, Robert Whittaker, Mario Beccaria, José López Portillo y Pacheco, and Chiara Lubich. Among people deceased in 1992, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 37. Before him are Paolo Borsellino, Lella Lombardi, Sam Walton, Joan Fuster, Günther Anders, and John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer. After him are Marsha P. Johnson, Denny Hulme, James Stirling, John Sturges, José Ferrer, and Markos Vafeiadis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 889 out of 6,924. Before him are P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), and Archer Martin (1910). After him are Robert Adam (1728), Peter Green (1946), Charles Lightoller (1874), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Rob Halford (1951), and Margaret of York (1446).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 21. Before him are John Macleod (1876), John Frederic Daniell (1790), John Newlands (1837), Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), and Archer Martin (1910). After him are John Pople (1925), William Henry Perkin (1838), Michael Smith (1932), Derek Barton (1918), John Vane (1927), and James Dewar (1842).

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