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William Standish Knowles

1917 - 2012

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William Standish Knowles (June 1, 1917 – June 13, 2012) was an American chemist. He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts. Knowles was one of the recipients of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Standish Knowles has received more than 114,922 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). William Standish Knowles is the 196th most popular chemist (up from 201st in 2019), the 1,212th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,345th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, William Standish Knowles ranks 196 out of 602. Before him are Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Hennig Brand, Roald Hoffmann, Alan MacDiarmid, Paul L. Modrich, and Robert Curl. After him are Louis Jacques Thénard, Max Perutz, John Vane, Hermann Kolbe, Osamu Shimomura, and Ignacy Łukasiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, William Standish Knowles ranks 53. Before him are Jack Kirby, Manolete, Andrew Huxley, John Cornforth, Violeta Parra, and Maurice Duverger. After him are Leonora Carrington, Chung Il-kwon, Thelonious Monk, Susan Hayward, John Fenn, and Masahiko Kimura. Among people deceased in 2012, William Standish Knowles ranks 51. Before him are Andrew Huxley, Stephen Covey, Rauf Denktaş, F. Sherwood Rowland, George Armitage Miller, and Hebe Camargo. After him are Dave Brubeck, Sergio Oliva, Eduard Khil, Chadli Bendjedid, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, and Herbert Lom.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Standish Knowles ranks 1,212 out of 20,380. Before him are Lenny Kravitz (1964), Loie Fuller (1862), Paul L. Modrich (1946), Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), Robert Curl (1933), and Kelly McGillis (1957). After him are Robert Knepper (1959), Lita Grey (1908), Tobey Maguire (1975), Taylor Swift (1989), John Payne (1912), and Jake LaMotta (1922).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, William Standish Knowles ranks 39. Before him are Stanley Miller (1930), Paul D. Boyer (1918), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), Robert S. Mulliken (1896), Paul L. Modrich (1946), and Robert Curl (1933). After him are John Fenn (1917), Wallace Carothers (1896), Alan J. Heeger (1936), Donald J. Cram (1919), Stephanie Kwolek (1923), and Alfred G. Gilman (1941).

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