CHEMIST

Aaron Klug

1926 - 2018

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Sir Aaron Klug (11 August 1926 – 20 November 2018) was a British biophysicist and chemist. He was a winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aaron Klug is the 192nd most popular chemist (up from 221st in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 36th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Aaron Klug ranks 192 out of 602. Before him are Gerhard Herzberg, Robert Huber, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Thomas A. Steitz, Peter D. Mitchell, and Richard R. Schrock. After him are Julius Axelrod, Johann Deisenhofer, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Henry Taube, Paul L. Modrich, and Clara Immerwahr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Aaron Klug ranks 48. Before him are Jack Brabham, Necmettin Erbakan, Tsung-Dao Lee, Ed McBain, Mel Brooks, and Louise Hay. After him are Alcides Ghiggia, Neal Cassady, Richard Crenna, Abdus Salam, Maria Schell, and Clifford Geertz. Among people deceased in 2018, Aaron Klug ranks 42. Before him are Roy J. Glauber, Hubert de Givenchy, Arvid Carlsson, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Thomas A. Steitz, and John Gavin. After him are Burt Reynolds, Sondra Locke, Arto Paasilinna, V. S. Naipaul, Leon M. Lederman, and Charles K. Kao.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Aaron Klug ranks 25 out of 328. Before him are Valdas Adamkus (1926), Pyotr Wrangel (1878), Jascha Heifetz (1901), Barbara Radziwiłł (1520), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), and Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799). After him are Marija Gimbutas (1921), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), Vytautas Landsbergis (1932), Hacı I Giray (1397), Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560), and Gabriel Narutowicz (1865).

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Among CHEMISTS In Lithuania

Among chemists born in Lithuania, Aaron Klug ranks 2. Before him are Wilfrid Voynich (1865). After him are Phoebus Levene (1869).

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