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Stuart Kauffman

1939 - Today

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Stuart Alan Kauffman (born September 28, 1939) is an American medical doctor, theoretical biologist, and complex systems researcher who studies the origin of life on Earth. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Calgary. He is currently emeritus professor of biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and affiliate faculty at the Institute for Systems Biology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stuart Kauffman has received more than 321,664 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Stuart Kauffman is the 607th most popular physician (down from 553rd in 2019), the 7,761st most popular biography from United States and the 71st most popular American Physician.

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  • 320k

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  • 53.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Stuart Kauffman ranks 607 out of 726Before him are Harry Klinefelter, Gabriele Possanner, Yevgeniy Chazov, Tomisaku Kawasaki, Astley Cooper, and Arvo Ylppö. After him are Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Nadezhda Suslova, Walter Reed, Georgi Valkovich, Dorothy Hansine Andersen, and Giovanni Saldarini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Stuart Kauffman ranks 430Before him are Wilhelmina Cooper, Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani, Jovan Miladinović, Joseph Bonnel, Hadi Khosroshahi, and Per Ahlmark. After him are Robert Kramer, Max Lorenz, John W. Snow, Ivan Vutsov, István Nagy, and Antal Szentmihályi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stuart Kauffman ranks 7,761 out of 20,380Before him are Peyton List (1998), John Legend (1978), John Schneider (1960), Matthew Labyorteaux (1966), Peter Gould (1950), and Sabin Carr (1904). After him are Alice Catherine Evans (1881), Shelley Morrison (1936), Ninja (1991), Trey Parker (1969), Robert Kramer (1939), and Rudy Tomjanovich (1948).

Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Stuart Kauffman ranks 71Before him are William Beaumont (1785), Ellen S. Baker (1953), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), John Jeffries (1745), John Ostrom (1928), and Harry Klinefelter (1912). After him are Walter Reed (1851), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), Jill Stein (1950), William C. Gorgas (1854), William H. Welch (1850), and Robert Atkins (1930).