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Robert S. Mulliken

1896 - 1986

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Robert Sanderson Mulliken (June 7, 1896 – October 31, 1986) was an American physical chemist, primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital theory, i.e. the elaboration of the molecular orbital method of computing the structure of molecules. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert S. Mulliken has received more than 166,617 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Robert S. Mulliken is the 188th most popular chemist (down from 167th in 2019), the 1,167th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,184th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Chemist.

Robert Mulliken is most famous for his work in developing the molecular orbital theory of chemical bonding.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robert S. Mulliken ranks 188 out of 602. Before him are John Cornforth, Stanley Miller, Paul D. Boyer, John E. Walker, F. Sherwood Rowland, and Nicolas Leblanc. After him are Emil Erlenmeyer, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Hennig Brand, Roald Hoffmann, Alan MacDiarmid, and Paul L. Modrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Robert S. Mulliken ranks 47. Before him are Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Nobusuke Kishi, Tina Modotti, Herbert Backe, Dimitri Mitropoulos, and Gottlob Berger. After him are Mamie Eisenhower, Nikolay Semyonov, André Masson, Wallace Carothers, Paulino Alcántara, and Friedrich Hund. Among people deceased in 1986, Robert S. Mulliken ranks 42. Before him are Otto Preminger, Minoru Yamasaki, Dean Reed, Coluche, James Cagney, and Ye Jianying. After him are Erik Bruhn, Nikolay Semyonov, Raimundo Orsi, Altiero Spinelli, Ray Milland, and Adolfo Celi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert S. Mulliken ranks 1,167 out of 20,380. Before him are Lloyd Austin (1953), Shia LaBeouf (1986), Tom Morello (1964), C. Wright Mills (1916), Dennis Rodman (1961), and Jerry West (1938). After him are Roy O. Disney (1893), Susan Wojcicki (1968), Jackie Robinson (1919), Noah Gordon (1926), Liliʻuokalani (1838), and Clyde Drexler (1962).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Robert S. Mulliken ranks 36. Before him are Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Robert W. Holley (1922), Richard F. Heck (1931), Stanley Miller (1930), Paul D. Boyer (1918), and F. Sherwood Rowland (1927). After him are Paul L. Modrich (1946), Robert Curl (1933), William Standish Knowles (1917), John Fenn (1917), Wallace Carothers (1896), and Alan J. Heeger (1936).

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