CHEMIST

Richard J. Roberts

1943 - Today

Richard J. Roberts

Sir Richard John Roberts (born 6 September 1943) is a British biochemist and molecular biologist. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Allen Sharp for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard J. Roberts has received more than 175,834 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Richard J. Roberts is the 308th most popular chemist (up from 321st in 2019), the 1,411th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,436th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Chemist.

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180k
Page Views (PV)
66.16
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
39
Languages Editions (L)
8.03
Effective Languages (L*)
3.04
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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Richard J. Roberts ranks 308 out of 510. Before him are William Prout, Akira Yoshino, Edward Frankland, Alexandre Brongniart, François-Marie Raoult, and Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac. After him are Per Teodor Cleve, Norman Lockyer, Richard R. Schrock, Thomas Midgley Jr., Hartmut Michel, and Martin Lowry.

Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia

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William Prout
1785 - 1850
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 302
Akira Yoshino
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 303
Edward Frankland
1825 - 1899
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 304
Alexandre Brongniart
1770 - 1847
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 305
François-Marie Raoult
1830 - 1901
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 306
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
1817 - 1894
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 307
Richard J. Roberts
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 308
Per Teodor Cleve
1840 - 1905
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 309
Norman Lockyer
1836 - 1920
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 310
Richard R. Schrock
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 311
Thomas Midgley Jr.
1889 - 1944
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 312
Hartmut Michel
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 313
Martin Lowry
1874 - 1936
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 314

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Richard J. Roberts ranks 136. Before him are Aaron Russo, Juan Giménez, Armando Guebuza, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Peter Sauber, and Mustafa Dzhemilev. After him are John Eliot Gardiner, Arturo Merzario, Kiyoshi Tomizawa, Martin Campbell, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, and Beba Lončar.

Others Born in 1943

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Aaron Russo
1943 - 2007
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 130
Juan Giménez
1943 - 2020
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 131
Armando Guebuza
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 132
Wanda Rutkiewicz
1943 - 1992
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 133
Peter Sauber
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 134
Mustafa Dzhemilev
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 135
Richard J. Roberts
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 136
John Eliot Gardiner
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 137
Arturo Merzario
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 138
Kiyoshi Tomizawa
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 139
Martin Campbell
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 140
Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 141
Beba Lončar
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 142