CHEMIST

Sam Ruben

1913 - 1943

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Samuel Ruben (born Charles Rubenstein; November 5, 1913 – September 28, 1943) was an American chemist who with Martin Kamen co-discovered the synthesis of the isotope carbon-14 in 1940. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Ruben has received more than 82,576 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Ruben is the 595th most popular chemist (down from 540th in 2019), the 13,901st most popular biography from United States (down from 13,016th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular American Chemist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Sam Ruben ranks 595 out of 602. Before him are Omar M. Yaghi, Ruth R. Benerito, Donald Howard Menzel, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, George Church, and Harry B. Gray. After him are Charles M. Lieber, Willis R. Whitney, Darshan Ranganathan, Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, Shahram Amiri, and Carol V. Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Sam Ruben ranks 412. Before him are Laird Cregar, Kurt Dossin, Robert R. Gilruth, Henry Banks, Kofi Abrefa Busia, and Janis Carter. After him are Frances Langford, Helen Mack, Duane Swanson, Jack Ragland, Sidney Dillon Ripley, and Duke Nalon. Among people deceased in 1943, Sam Ruben ranks 239. Before him are Hobart Bosworth, Arthur Streeton, Foy Draper, George Moorhouse, Gisela Januszewska, and Edward Bagnall Poulton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Ruben ranks 13,901 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Antonoff (1984), Monica Raymund (1986), Wendell Phillips (1811), Ashley Jones (1976), Felix Grundy (1777), and Jim Justice (1951). After him are Omari Hardwick (1974), Kenny Rollins (1923), Constance Wu (1982), Thomas Hart Benton (1782), Katharine Lee Bates (1859), and Tommy Thompson (1941).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Sam Ruben ranks 122. Before him are Esther M. Conwell (1922), Ruth R. Benerito (1916), Donald Howard Menzel (1901), Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925), George Church (1954), and Harry B. Gray (1935). After him are Charles M. Lieber (1959), and Willis R. Whitney (1868).

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