1917 - 1979
Robert Burns Woodward (April 10, 1917 – July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist. He is considered by many to be the most 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 also 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 328,048 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Robert Burns Woodward is the 127th most popular chemist (up from 132nd in 2019), the 963rd most popular biography from United States (down from 835th in 2019) and the 18th 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, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 127 out of 510. Before him are James B. Sumner, Avram Hershko, Harry Kroto, Gerhard Ertl, Wallace Carothers, and William Hyde Wollaston. After him are Sune Bergström, Vincent du Vigneaud, John Macleod, Christian B. Anfinsen, Lars Onsager, and George Andrew Olah.
1887 - 1955
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 121
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 122
1939 - 2016
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 123
1936 - Present
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 124
1896 - 1937
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 125
1766 - 1828
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 126
1917 - 1979
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 127
1916 - 2004
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 128
1901 - 1978
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 129
1876 - 1935
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 130
1916 - 1995
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 131
1903 - 1976
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 132
1927 - 2017
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 133
Among people born in 1917, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 41. Before him are Manolete, Kiro Gligorov, Bourvil, Jack Kirby, James Rainwater, and Joan Clarke. After him are Danielle Darrieux, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Thelonious Monk, Violeta Parra, Maurice Duverger, and Dinu Lipatti. Among people deceased in 1979, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 34. Before him are Wilhelm Bittrich, Sonia Delaunay, Bertil Ohlin, Werner Forssmann, Mary Pickford, and Jean Seberg. After him are Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Peggy Guggenheim, Edvard Kardelj, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, and Feodor Lynen.
1917 - 1947
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 35
1917 - 2012
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 36
1917 - 1970
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 37
1917 - 1994
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 38
1917 - 1986
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 39
1917 - 1996
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 40
1917 - 1979
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 41
1917 - 2017
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 42
1917 - 1992
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 43
1917 - 1982
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 44
1917 - 1967
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 45
1917 - 2014
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 46
1917 - 1950
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 47
1894 - 1979
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 28
1885 - 1979
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 29
1899 - 1979
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 30
1904 - 1979
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 31
1892 - 1979
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 32
1938 - 1979
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 33
1917 - 1979
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 34
1928 - 1979
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 35
1898 - 1979
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 36
1910 - 1979
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 37
1900 - 1979
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 38
1892 - 1979
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 39
1911 - 1979
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 40
Among people born in United States, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 963 out of 15,968. Before him are Richard Rorty (1931), Jean Seberg (1938), Robin Cook (1940), Wallace Carothers (1896), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), and Robert Hofstadter (1915). After him are Forest Whitaker (1961), John McCarthy (1927), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Frederick Reines (1918), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), and James Avery (1945).
1931 - 2007
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 957
1938 - 1979
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 958
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 959
1896 - 1937
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 960
1888 - 1963
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 961
1915 - 1990
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 962
1917 - 1979
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 963
1961 - Present
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 964
1927 - 2011
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 965
1901 - 1978
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 966
1918 - 1998
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 967
1921 - 1989
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 968
1945 - 2013
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 969
Among chemists born in United States, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 18. Before him are Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927), Willard Libby (1908), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), James B. Sumner (1887), and Wallace Carothers (1896). After him are Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Stanley Miller (1930), and Robert S. Mulliken (1896).
1875 - 1946
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 12
1927 - 2010
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 13
1908 - 1980
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 14
1912 - 1999
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 15
1887 - 1955
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 16
1896 - 1937
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 17
1917 - 1979
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 18
1901 - 1978
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 19
1916 - 1995
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 20
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 21
1893 - 1986
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 22
1930 - 2007
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 23
1896 - 1986
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 24