BIOLOGIST

Susan Lindquist

1949 - 2016

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Susan Lee Lindquist, ForMemRS (June 5, 1949 – October 27, 2016) was an American professor of biology at MIT specializing in molecular biology, particularly the protein folding problem within a family of molecules known as heat-shock proteins, and prions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susan Lindquist has received more than 148,251 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Susan Lindquist is the 1,063rd most popular biologist (down from 949th in 2019), the 13,628th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,948th in 2019) and the 179th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Susan Lindquist ranks 1,063 out of 1,097. Before her are Suzanne Cory, Ronald M. Evans, Frederic Moore, Eugenie Clark, Edward Bagnall Poulton, and Neil Shubin. After her are Frederick DuCane Godman, Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Huda Zoghbi, Suzanne Simard, Joan A. Steitz, and Albert William Herre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Susan Lindquist ranks 763. Before her are Philip J. Currie, Junior Murvin, Joyce DeWitt, Ronald M. Evans, Frank L. Culbertson Jr., and Jenny Lamy. After her are Ahmed Patel, Sherman Howard, Pat Condell, Mitch Daniels, Jerome Apt, and Lech Koziejowski. Among people deceased in 2016, Susan Lindquist ranks 574. Before her are Mel Charles, Aleš Debeljak, Arsen Pavlov, Sidney Drell, Guy Clark, and Peter Brabrook. After her are Ellen Meiksins Wood, Kay Starr, Thiego, Janet Waldo, Ronnie Corbett, and Bob Bennett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susan Lindquist ranks 13,628 out of 20,380. Before her are Alberto Gonzales (1955), John Bellamy Foster (1953), Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865), Joy Behar (1942), Birdman (1969), and Judith Miller (1948). After her are Richie Guerin (1932), Richard Kelly (1975), Nick Wechsler (1978), Monique Gabrielle (1962), Ramblin' Jack Elliott (1931), and Marion Barry (1936).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Susan Lindquist ranks 179. Before her are Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1937), Annie Montague Alexander (1867), Storrs L. Olson (1944), Ronald M. Evans (1949), Eugenie Clark (1922), and Neil Shubin (1960). After her are Joan A. Steitz (1941), Albert William Herre (1868), Stephen Schneider (1945), Jerry Coyne (1949), Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), and Margaret Morse Nice (1883).

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