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Seymour Benzer

1921 - 2007

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Seymour Benzer (October 15, 1921 – November 30, 2007) was an American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist. His career began during the molecular biology revolution of the 1950s, and he eventually rose to prominence in the fields of molecular and behavioral genetics. He led a productive genetics research lab both at Purdue University and as the James G. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seymour Benzer has received more than 185,787 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Seymour Benzer is the 703rd most popular physicist (down from 626th in 2019), the 8,958th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,968th in 2019) and the 151st most popular American Physicist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

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  • 2.80

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Seymour Benzer ranks 703 out of 717. Before him are Isaak Kikoin, Cumrun Vafa, Helen Quinn, Jürgen Kurths, Christian Møller, and Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert. After him are Raja Ramanna, Hubert Curien, Karl Taylor Compton, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Juan Martín Maldacena, and Jacques Friedel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Seymour Benzer ranks 359. Before him are Ernest Gold, R. K. Laxman, Sam Tingle, Susan Peters, Edmondo Fabbri, and Ann Savage. After him are Nelson Riddle, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Gene Saks, Lennart Strand, Jacques Friedel, and Paul Falk. Among people deceased in 2007, Seymour Benzer ranks 315. Before him are Claude Netter, Alice Ghostley, Laraine Day, Beniamino Andreatta, Ian Wallace, and Giorgio Anglesio. After him are István Gaál, Carmelo Camet, Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Brad Delp, Hans Sturm, and Dusty Anderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Seymour Benzer ranks 8,958 out of 18,182. Before him are Sylvester Graham (1794), Anikka Albrite (1988), Andrea Martin (1947), Robert Surtees (1906), Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), and William H. Keeler (1931). After him are Spencer Haywood (1949), Peyton List (1986), Evan Handler (1961), Loleatta Holloway (1946), Michele Lee (1942), and Tamara Tunie (1959).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Seymour Benzer ranks 151. Before him are Leonard Mlodinow (1954), Charles H. Bennett (1943), John Clauser (1942), Charles W. Misner (1932), Stanton T. Friedman (1934), and Harvey Fletcher (1884). After him are Karl Taylor Compton (1887), Robert Bacher (1905), Edward C. Stone (1936), C. R. Hagen (1937), Howard P. Robertson (1903), and Erwin Hahn (1921).

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