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Robert H. Grubbs

1942 - 2021

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Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS (February 27, 1942 – December 19, 2021) was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert H. Grubbs has received more than 257,796 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Robert H. Grubbs is the 200th most popular chemist (up from 255th in 2019), the 1,340th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,748th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Chemist.

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  • 60.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robert H. Grubbs ranks 200 out of 509. Before him are Johann Deisenhofer, F. Sherwood Rowland, Michael Levitt, Archer Martin, Johann Josef Loschmidt, and John Fenn. After him are William Standish Knowles, Peter D. Mitchell, Robert Curl, Giulio Natta, Ascanio Sobrero, and Emil Erlenmeyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Robert H. Grubbs ranks 100. Before him are Pál Schmitt, John Cale, Terry Jones, Manolo Blahnik, Mike Newell, and Maria Kaczyńska. After him are John McLaughlin, Karen Grassle, Bob Ross, Valeri Polyakov, Jacques Dubochet, and Britt Ekland. Among people deceased in 2021, Robert H. Grubbs ranks 82. Before him are Ei-ichi Negishi, János Kornai, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Joan Didion, Abdul Qadeer Khan, and Ed Asner. After him are Borisav Jović, Bertrand Tavernier, Kim Yong-ju, Antony Hewish, Mamnoon Hussain, and Milva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert H. Grubbs ranks 1,340 out of 18,182. Before him are Red Cloud (1822), John Fenn (1917), Sam Raimi (1959), Ron Howard (1954), Holland Taylor (1943), and Sondra Locke (1944). After him are Edward B. Lewis (1918), Carl Woese (1928), Florence Griffith Joyner (1959), Harry Harrison (1925), William Standish Knowles (1917), and Douglas Osheroff (1945).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Robert H. Grubbs ranks 41. Before him are Walter Gilbert (1932), Alan J. Heeger (1936), Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), Julius Axelrod (1912), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), and John Fenn (1917). After him are William Standish Knowles (1917), Robert Curl (1933), Elias James Corey (1928), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), William Lipscomb (1919), and Richard F. Heck (1931).

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