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Ronald George Wreyford Norrish

1897 - 1978

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Ronald George Wreyford Norrish FRS (9 November 1897 – 7 June 1978) was a British chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronald George Wreyford Norrish has received more than 81,172 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Ronald George Wreyford Norrish is the 212th most popular chemist (up from 249th in 2019), the 931st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,093rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish ranks 212 out of 509. Before him are Emil Erlenmeyer, Johan August Arfwedson, William Henry Perkin, Locusta, Feodor Lynen, and Alexander R. Todd. After him are Derek Barton, Aziz Sancar, Elias James Corey, Osamu Shimomura, Kaoru Ishikawa, and Jacques Dubochet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish ranks 57. Before him are Jiroemon Kimura, John Cockcroft, Patrick Blackett, Virginia Henderson, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, and Ye Jianying. After him are Hans Baur, Zakir Husain, Douglas Sirk, Vito Genovese, Theodor Busse, and Marcel Petiot. Among people deceased in 1978, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish ranks 40. Before him are Harvey Milk, József Bozsik, Tamara Karsavina, Étienne Gilson, Keith Moon, and Charles Boyer. After him are Roger Caillois, Burt Munro, Georgi Markov, Ida Noddack, Musa al-Sadr, and Vincent du Vigneaud.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish ranks 931 out of 7,765. Before him are Karl Jenkins (1944), Thomas Willis (1621), Judith of Flanders (844), Stephen Boyd (1931), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), and Oliver Reed (1938). After him are Dylan Thomas (1914), Alan Watts (1915), Derek Barton (1918), Jill Ireland (1936), William Huggins (1824), and Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish ranks 27. Before him are Rodney Robert Porter (1917), George Porter (1920), Archer Martin (1910), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), William Henry Perkin (1838), and Alexander R. Todd (1907). After him are Derek Barton (1918), Michael Smith (1932), John Pople (1925), Herbert C. Brown (1912), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), and John E. Walker (1941).

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