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Alexander R. Todd

1907 - 1997

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Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd (2 October 1907 – 10 January 1997) was a British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander R. Todd is the 32nd most popular chemist (up from 171st in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 733rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Alexander R. Todd ranks 32 out of 602. Before him are John Fenn, Friedrich Wöhler, Wilhelm Ostwald, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Hans Adolf Krebs, and Otto Wallach. After him are Otto Hahn, Robert Robinson, Henri Moissan, Richard Willstätter, F. Sherwood Rowland, and Linus Pauling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Alexander R. Todd ranks 9. Before him are Edwin McMillan, Claus von Stauffenberg, John Wayne, Ayub Khan, Katharine Hepburn, and Oscar Niemeyer. After him are W. H. Auden, Mircea Eliade, J. Hans D. Jensen, Alberto Moravia, Hergé, and Maria Branyas. Among people deceased in 1997, Alexander R. Todd ranks 10. Before him are Diana, Princess of Wales, Viktor Frankl, Toshiro Mifune, Anton LaVey, Jacques Cousteau, and Jeanne Calment. After him are Mobutu Sese Seko, Gianni Versace, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Victor Vasarely, Bảo Đại, and John Kendrew.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander R. Todd ranks 188 out of 8,785. Before him are Betty Williams (1943), Elton John (1947), Robert Clive (1725), Bon Scott (1946), Terry Pratchett (1948), and Alan Hodgkin (1914). After him are George Harrison (1943), Charles Glover Barkla (1877), William of Ockham (1285), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Maggie Smith (1934), and Victoria, Princess Royal (1840).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Alexander R. Todd ranks 4. Before him are John Dalton (1766), William Ramsay (1852), and John Macleod (1876). After him are Robert Robinson (1886), Humphry Davy (1778), Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897), Arthur Harden (1865), Archer Martin (1910), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Frederick Soddy (1877), and Francis William Aston (1877).

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