1917 - 1985
Prof Rodney Robert Porter, CH, FRS FRSE HFRCP (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 82,903 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Rodney Robert Porter is the 242nd most popular chemist (down from 190th in 2019), the 1,084th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 763rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Chemist.
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Among chemists, Rodney Robert Porter ranks 242 out of 510. Before him are Thomas Graham, John E. Walker, William Standish Knowles, Erwin Chargaff, Vladimir Markovnikov, and Carl Ferdinand Cori. After him are Herbert C. Brown, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Jaroslav Heyrovský, Carl Reichenbach, Smithson Tennant, and Alan MacDiarmid.
1805 - 1869
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 236
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 237
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 238
1905 - 2002
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 239
1838 - 1904
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 240
1896 - 1984
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 241
1917 - 1985
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 242
1912 - 2004
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 243
1745 - 1818
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 244
1890 - 1967
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 245
1788 - 1869
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 246
1761 - 1815
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 247
1927 - 2007
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 248
Among people born in 1917, Rodney Robert Porter ranks 74. Before him are Will Eisner, Buddy Rich, David Easton, William Standish Knowles, Herbert Lom, and Obdulio Varela. After him are Kunitaka Sueoka, Magda Szabó, Ettore Sottsass, Stéphane Hessel, Katharine Graham, and Harold Garfinkel. Among people deceased in 1985, Rodney Robert Porter ranks 44. Before him are Ian Stewart, Kim Yong-sik, Birabongse Bhanudej, Tancredo Neves, Tjalling Koopmans, and Kirill Moskalenko. After him are Alexander Pokryshkin, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Eric Voegelin, The Singing Nun, Ernst Öpik, and David Byron.
1917 - 2005
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 68
1917 - 1987
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 69
1917 - 2014
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 70
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 71
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 72
1917 - 1996
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 73
1917 - 1985
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 74
1917 - 1998
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 75
1917 - 2007
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 76
1917 - 2007
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 77
1917 - 2013
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 78
1917 - 2001
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 79
1917 - 2011
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 80
1938 - 1985
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 38
1910 - 1985
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 39
1914 - 1985
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 40
1910 - 1985
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 41
1910 - 1985
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 42
1902 - 1985
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 43
1917 - 1985
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 44
1913 - 1985
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 45
1905 - 1985
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 46
1901 - 1985
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 47
1933 - 1985
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 48
1893 - 1985
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 49
1947 - 1985
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 50
Among people born in United Kingdom, Rodney Robert Porter ranks 1,084 out of 6,924. Before him are Simon Pegg (1970), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Elizabeth Tudor (1492), Joan Plowright (1929), Mark Strong (1963), and George Robert Gray (1808). After him are Herbert C. Brown (1912), Frank Lloyd (1886), Barbara Cartland (1901), Henry Briggs (1561), Martin Evans (1941), and Smithson Tennant (1761).
1970 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 1,078
1849 - 1895
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 1,079
1492 - 1495
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 1,080
1929 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 1,081
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 1,082
1808 - 1872
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 1,083
1917 - 1985
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 1,084
1912 - 2004
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 1,085
1886 - 1960
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,086
1901 - 2000
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,087
1561 - 1630
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,088
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,089
1761 - 1815
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,090
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Rodney Robert Porter ranks 32. Before him are John Vane (1927), James Dewar (1842), Alexander R. Todd (1907), Ida Noddack (1896), Thomas Graham (1805), and John E. Walker (1941). After him are Herbert C. Brown (1912), Smithson Tennant (1761), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), William Henry (1774), George Porter (1920), and Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921).
1927 - 2004
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 26
1842 - 1923
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 27
1907 - 1997
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 28
1896 - 1978
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 29
1805 - 1869
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 30
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 31
1917 - 1985
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 32
1912 - 2004
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 33
1761 - 1815
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 34
1897 - 1978
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 35
1774 - 1836
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 36
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 37
1921 - 1996
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 38