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Robert Burns Woodward

1917 - 1979

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Robert Burns Woodward (April 10, 1917 – July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist. He is considered by many to be the preeminent synthetic organic chemist of the twentieth century, having made many key contributions to the subject, especially in the synthesis of complex natural products and the determination of their molecular structure. He worked closely with Roald Hoffmann on theoretical studies of chemical reactions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Burns Woodward has received more than 423,618 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Robert Burns Woodward is the 121st most popular chemist (up from 129th in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from United States (up from 903rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Chemist.

Robert Burns Woodward (1917-1979) was an American organic chemist who was the first to synthesize the anti-malarial drug quinine in 1955.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 121 out of 602. Before him are Harold Urey, Archer Martin, Vincent du Vigneaud, Gerhard Ertl, Ernst Otto Fischer, and Manfred Eigen. After him are Georg Wittig, Avram Hershko, Johan Gadolin, Clara Immerwahr, Dan Shechtman, and Jean-Marie Lehn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 28. Before him are Jean-Pierre Melville, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Robert Mitchum, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Óscar Romero, and Bourvil. After him are Nur Muhammad Taraki, Rochus Misch, Sven Hassel, Tove Ditlevsen, Dizzy Gillespie, and John B. Calhoun. Among people deceased in 1979, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 26. Before him are Hanna Reitsch, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Nadia Boulanger, Sid Vicious, Werner Forssmann, and Bertil Ohlin. After him are Nur Muhammad Taraki, Agostinho Neto, Reinhard Gehlen, Wilhelm Bittrich, Rachele Mussolini, and Mary Pickford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 777 out of 20,380. Before him are Jean Harlow (1911), Charlie Sheen (1965), Greg Abbott (1957), Stan Kroenke (1947), James E. Webb (1906), and Jules Dassin (1911). After him are David J. Wineland (1944), Jim Jones (1931), Brandon Lee (1965), Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), Joe DiMaggio (1914), and Robert Hofstadter (1915).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 17. Before him are Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927), Stanford Moore (1913), Paul Berg (1926), Harold Urey (1893), and Vincent du Vigneaud (1901). After him are Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904), William Howard Stein (1911), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), Willard Libby (1908), and Christian B. Anfinsen (1916).

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