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Yves Chauvin

1930 - 2015

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Yves Chauvin (Menen, 10 ottobre 1930 – Tours, 27 gennaio 2015) è stato un chimico francese, vincitore, insieme a Robert Grubbs e Richard Schrock, del premio Nobel per la chimica nel 2005, per «lo sviluppo del metodo della metatesi nella sintesi organica». Si è laureato alla Scuola superiore di chimica, fisica ed elettronica di Lione nel 1954. Chauvin era direttore onorario di ricerca presso l'Institut français du pétrole e membro dell'Accademia francese delle scienze. Leggi di più su Wikipedia

His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2024). Yves Chauvin is the 109th most popular chimico (up from 152nd in 2024), the 61st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 114th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Chimico.

Yves Chauvin is most famous for his work with the French Resistance during World War II.

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Among Chimicos

Among chimicos, Yves Chauvin ranks 109 out of 602. Before him are Henrik Dam, George de Hevesy, Paul J. Crutzen, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Paul Hermann Müller, and Odd Hassel. After him are Jacques Monod, Irving Langmuir, Manfred Eigen, Melvin Calvin, Avram Hershko, and Claude Louis Berthollet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Yves Chauvin ranks 34. Before him are Salvatore Riina, Ion Iliescu, Frank Lucas, Silvana Mangano, Maximilian Schell, and Philippe Noiret. After him are Thomas P. Stafford, George E. Smith, Leon Cooper, Niki de Saint Phalle, Claude Chabrol, and Carlos Menem. Among people deceased in 2015, Yves Chauvin ranks 21. Before him are Kim Young-sam, Helmut Schmidt, Süleyman Demirel, Anita Ekberg, Henning Mankell, and Irwin Rose. After him are Richard von Weizsäcker, Laura Antonelli, Dusty Rhodes, Josef Masopust, Leonard Nimoy, and Kenan Evren.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Yves Chauvin ranks 61 out of 1,190. Before him are Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Pepin of Landen (585), Adolphe Sax (1814), Simon Stevin (1548), and Henry van de Velde (1863). After him are Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Dominique Pire (1910), Isabella of Austria (1501), Léon Degrelle (1906), and Jacob Jordaens (1593).

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Among Chimicos In Belgium

Among chimicos born in Belgium, Yves Chauvin ranks 2. Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580). After him are Ernest Solvay (1838), Leo Baekeland (1863), George Sarton (1884), Jean Stas (1813), and Gilbert Stork (1921).

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