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Yuan T. Lee

1936 - Today

Yuan T. Lee

Yuan Tseh Lee (Chinese: 李遠哲; pinyin: Lǐ Yuǎnzhé; Wade–Giles: Li³ Yüan³-che²; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Oán-tiat; born 19 November 1936) is a Taiwanese chemist. He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the first Taiwanese Nobel Prize laureate who, along with the Hungarian-Canadian John C. Polanyi and American Dudley R. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuan T. Lee has received more than 243,645 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Yuan T. Lee is the 304th most popular chemist (down from 270th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Taiwan (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Taiwanese Chemist.

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240k
Page Views (PV)
56.36
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
46
Languages Editions (L)
2.72
Effective Languages (L*)
5.01
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Yuan T. Lee ranks 304 out of 509. Before him are M. Stanley Whittingham, Smithson Tennant, Antoine Baumé, Carl Reichenbach, Akira Yoshino, and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.. After him are Edwin G. Krebs, Alice Ball, J. D. Bernal, Viktor Meyer, Charles Macintosh, and Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy.

Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia

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M. Stanley Whittingham
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 298
Smithson Tennant
1761 - 1815
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 299
Antoine Baumé
1728 - 1804
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 300
Carl Reichenbach
1788 - 1869
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 301
Akira Yoshino
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 302
Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.
1915 - 1974
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 303
Yuan T. Lee
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 304
Edwin G. Krebs
1918 - 2009
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 305
Alice Ball
1892 - 1916
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 306
J. D. Bernal
1901 - 1971
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 307
Viktor Meyer
1848 - 1897
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 308
Charles Macintosh
1766 - 1843
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 309
Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy
1755 - 1809
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 310

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Yuan T. Lee ranks 125. Before him are Masako Nozawa, Buddy Guy, Claude Brasseur, Andrew Grove, Raimonds Pauls, and Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy. After him are Tuncel Kurtiz, Alejandra Pizarnik, Horst Mahler, Jan Gehl, Eugenio Barba, and Louis Gossett Jr..

Others Born in 1936

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Masako Nozawa
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 119
Buddy Guy
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 120
Claude Brasseur
1936 - 2020
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 121
Andrew Grove
1936 - 2016
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 122
Raimonds Pauls
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 123
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 124
Yuan T. Lee
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 125
Tuncel Kurtiz
1936 - 2013
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 126
Alejandra Pizarnik
1936 - 1972
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 127
Horst Mahler
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 128
Jan Gehl
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 129
Eugenio Barba
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 130
Louis Gossett Jr.
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 131