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Rodney Robert Porter

1917 - 1985

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Rodney Robert Porter (8 October 1917 – 6 September 1985) was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rodney Robert Porter has received more than 108,631 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Rodney Robert Porter is the 222nd most popular chemist (down from 173rd in 2019), the 888th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 807th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Chemist.

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  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Rodney Robert Porter ranks 222 out of 602. Before him are Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Donald J. Cram, Stephanie Kwolek, Franz Karl Achard, Derek Barton, and Aaron Klug. After him are Alfred G. Gilman, William Lipscomb, Herbert C. Brown, Jacques Dubochet, Hartmut Michel, and Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Rodney Robert Porter ranks 63. Before him are Susan Hayward, John Fenn, Masahiko Kimura, Asmahan, Herbert Lom, and David Easton. After him are Dinu Lipatti, Juan Rulfo, Yigael Yadin, David McClelland, Kunitaka Sueoka, and Pál Maléter. Among people deceased in 1985, Rodney Robert Porter ranks 34. Before him are George Pólya, Robert Graves, Elsa Morante, Kyu Sakamoto, Henry Hathaway, and Ian Stewart. After him are Abe Lenstra, Donald O. Hebb, André Kertész, The Singing Nun, Tancredo Neves, and Tage Erlander.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rodney Robert Porter ranks 888 out of 8,785. Before him are Keith Emerson (1944), Charles Spurgeon (1834), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), Derek Barton (1918), and Philip Noel-Baker (1889). After him are Mick Taylor (1949), Samuel Butler (1612), Rob Halford (1951), Charles Lightoller (1874), Eugen d'Albert (1864), and Elizabeth Gaskell (1810).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Rodney Robert Porter ranks 27. Before him are Harry Kroto (1939), Alexander R. Todd (1907), John Macleod (1876), John E. Walker (1941), John Vane (1927), and Derek Barton (1918). After him are Herbert C. Brown (1912), Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), Thomas Graham (1805), Ida Noddack (1896), and Michael Smith (1932).

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