CHEMIST

Tim Hunt

1943 - Today

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Sir Richard Timothy Hunt (born 19 February 1943) is a British biochemist and molecular physiologist. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Paul Nurse and Leland H. Hartwell for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division of cells. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Hunt has received more than 489,951 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Tim Hunt is the 383rd most popular chemist (down from 353rd in 2019), the 2,057th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,875th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Tim Hunt ranks 383 out of 602. Before him are Hermann von Fehling, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Louis Le Chatelier, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Jacques Bergier, and Friedrich Stromeyer. After him are Jan Czochralski, Thomas Andrews, Allen J. Bard, Asima Chatterjee, Hugo Schiff, and Mathieu Orfila.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Tim Hunt ranks 247. Before him are Joselito, Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Angelo Bagnasco, Andrea True, Giovanni Goria, and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. After him are John Zerzan, Angelo Comastri, Herman Van Springel, Barry Manilow, Dušan Uhrin, and Michael Byrne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tim Hunt ranks 2,057 out of 8,785. Before him are Damien Hirst (1965), George Albert Smith (1864), William Foulke (1874), John Profumo (1915), William Paley (1743), and Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883). After him are Rick Parfitt (1948), Thomas Gray (1716), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), Arthur Sullivan (1842), Ronald Speirs (1920), and Thomas Kyd (1558).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Tim Hunt ranks 49. Before him are M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), Richard J. Roberts (1943), Fraser Stoddart (1942), Charles Macintosh (1766), Charles Hatchett (1765), and Alexander William Williamson (1824). After him are Thomas Andrews (1813), Luke Howard (1772), John William Draper (1811), Arthur Aikin (1773), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), and John Walker (1781).

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