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Albert Ghiorso

1915 - 2010

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Albert Ghiorso (July 15, 1915 – December 26, 2010) was an American nuclear scientist and co-discoverer of a record 12 chemical elements on the periodic table. His research career spanned six decades, from the early 1940s to the late 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Ghiorso is the 376th most popular chemist (up from 390th in 2019), the 3,675th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,678th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Chemist.

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Among chemists, Albert Ghiorso ranks 376 out of 602. Before him are Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Morris Travers, Friedrich Stromeyer, Carl Djerassi, Jeremias Benjamin Richter, and Andrés Manuel del Río. After him are Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Jacques Bergier, Hermann von Fehling, Arthur Aikin, and Franz Joseph Emil Fischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Albert Ghiorso ranks 105. Before him are Georgy Sviridov, André Frossard, Alicia Rhett, C. W. Ceram, Edmond O'Brien, and Mariano Rumor. After him are Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Lorne Greene, J. C. R. Licklider, Herman Wouk, Sergio Bertoni, and Caterina Boratto. Among people deceased in 2010, Albert Ghiorso ranks 128. Before him are Luigi Poggi, Fud Leclerc, José Torres, Rasim Delić, Emilio Eduardo Massera, and Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. After him are Howard Zinn, Cécile Aubry, Georges Wilson, Raimon Panikkar, Charlie Hickcox, and Werner Schroeter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Albert Ghiorso ranks 3,675 out of 20,380. Before him are Louise Arner Boyd (1887), Emmylou Harris (1947), Frank Welker (1946), Bill Walker (1951), Lars Peter Hansen (1952), and Gilbert Stuart (1755). After him are Amelia Bloomer (1818), Edith Head (1897), Neil Simon (1927), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), George Segal (1934), and Howard Zinn (1922).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Albert Ghiorso ranks 74. Before him are Roger Y. Tsien (1952), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Frances Arnold (1956), Louis E. Brus (1943), Alexander Shulgin (1925), and Alice Ball (1892). After him are Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), Isabella Karle (1921), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Eric Betzig (1960), Jennifer Doudna (1964), and Roy J. Plunkett (1910).

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