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Peter D. Mitchell

1920 - 1992

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Peter Dennis Mitchell FRS (29 September 1920 – 10 April 1992) was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his theory of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter D. Mitchell has received more than 213,391 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Peter D. Mitchell is the 202nd most popular chemist (down from 177th in 2019), the 894th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 888th in 2019) and the 24th 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 202 out of 509. Before him are Michael Levitt, Archer Martin, Johann Josef Loschmidt, John Fenn, Robert H. Grubbs, and William Standish Knowles. After him are Robert Curl, Giulio Natta, Ascanio Sobrero, Emil Erlenmeyer, Johan August Arfwedson, and William Henry Perkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 59. Before him are George Porter, Lawrence Klein, Ivan Kozhedub, Alicia Alonso, Isaac Stern, and Prem Tinsulanonda. After him are Ștefan Kovács, Jack Elam, John Harsanyi, George Armitage Miller, Kim Yong-ju, and Maureen O'Hara. Among people deceased in 1992, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 40. Before him are Kaysone Phomvihane, David Bohm, Sam Walton, Denny Hulme, César Manrique, and Albert Pierrepoint. After him are Joan Fuster, John Sturges, José Ferrer, Lev Gumilyov, Denholm Elliott, and Wanda Rutkiewicz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 894 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Clive (1725), Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), Michael Atiyah (1929), Andy Serkis (1964), Martin Evans (1941), and Mairead Maguire (1944). After him are Patrick Blackett (1897), Mark Strong (1963), John Mayall (1933), Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), Keith Moon (1946), and Noah Jupe (2005).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 24. Before him are John Frederic Daniell (1790), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), John Vane (1927), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), George Porter (1920), and Archer Martin (1910). After him are William Henry Perkin (1838), Alexander R. Todd (1907), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Derek Barton (1918), Michael Smith (1932), and John Pople (1925).

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