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Walter Gilbert

1932 - Today

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Walter Gilbert (born March 21, 1932) is an American biochemist, physicist, molecular biology pioneer, and Nobel laureate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Gilbert has received more than 305,197 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Walter Gilbert is the 252nd most popular chemist (down from 184th in 2019), the 1,580th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,254th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Chemist.

Walter Gilbert is most famous for his work in DNA sequencing.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Walter Gilbert ranks 252 out of 602. Before him are Paul Lauterbur, Ida Noddack, Sidney Altman, Thomas A. Steitz, Joseph L. Goldstein, and Bernard Courtois. After him are Andreas Libavius, Michael Polanyi, Kikunae Ikeda, Arieh Warshel, Dudley R. Herschbach, and Emil Abderhalden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Walter Gilbert ranks 92. Before him are Alfredo Ferrari, Corry Brokken, Oscar de la Renta, Naina Yeltsina, Quino, and Khaled al-Asaad. After him are Tatsuya Nakadai, Nikolai Kardashev, Manmohan Singh, Dudley R. Herschbach, Michael Smith, and Delphine Seyrig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Gilbert ranks 1,580 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Charles Pickering (1846), Frank Sheeran (1920), George Wald (1906), Alben W. Barkley (1877), Don Ameche (1908), and Mark Harmon (1951). After him are Jessica Chastain (1977), Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), and Brad Dourif (1950).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Walter Gilbert ranks 53. Before him are Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), Elias James Corey (1928), Paul Lauterbur (1929), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), and Joseph L. Goldstein (1940). After him are Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), Richard Smalley (1943), Edward W. Morley (1838), Edwin G. Krebs (1918), Martin Rodbell (1925), and Robert H. Grubbs (1942).

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