CHEMIST

Roy J. Plunkett

1910 - 1994

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Roy J. Plunkett (June 26, 1910 – May 12, 1994) was an American chemist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy J. Plunkett has received more than 143,497 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Roy J. Plunkett is the 428th most popular chemist (down from 351st in 2019), the 4,616th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,151st in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Roy J. Plunketts by language

Over the past year Roy J. Plunkett has had the most page views in the with 21,672 views, followed by Spanish (1,908), and Serbian (1,875). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (408.13%), Malagasy (142.13%), and Catalan (87.20%)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 428 out of 602. Before him are Michael Grätzel, Peter Atkins, Eric Betzig, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Theodor Curtius, and Nikolay Beketov. After him are Morris Travers, Walter Noddack, Leonor Michaelis, Georges Urbain, William Gregor, and Anders Jahan Retzius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 187. Before him are Attilio Pavesi, Erkki Aaltonen, Cahit Arf, Gunter d'Alquen, Jean Martinon, and Léon Poliakov. After him are Douglas Bader, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Diana Mosley, Jafar Sharif-Emami, Edwin O. Reischauer, and Gyula Kállai. Among people deceased in 1994, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 175. Before him are Madeleine Renaud, Abdullah al-Sallal, Patrick O'Neal, Kurt Aland, Paul Grimault, and Dmitri Ivanenko. After him are Albert Shesternyov, Givi Chokheli, Anni Albers, Boris Yegorov, Robert Jungk, and Vladimir Melanin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 4,616 out of 20,380. Before him are Nate Thurmond (1941), Willis Reed (1942), Maude Adams (1872), Alvin York (1887), Al Taliaferro (1905), and Chuck Daly (1930). After him are Courtney Hodges (1887), Kevin Hart (1979), Dan O'Bannon (1946), Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), John Trumbull (1756), and John Wesley Hardin (1853).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 80. Before him are Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), George Washington Carver (1864), Jennifer Doudna (1964), John Tukey (1915), Carolyn R. Bertozzi (1966), and Eric Betzig (1960). After him are Myrtle Bachelder (1908), James B. Conant (1893), Donella Meadows (1941), James Crafts (1839), Maclyn McCarty (1911), and Isabella Karle (1921).

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