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Anna J. Harrison

1912 - 1998

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Anna Jane Harrison (December 23, 1912 – August 8, 1998) was an American organic chemist and a professor of chemistry at Mount Holyoke College for nearly forty years. She was the first female president of the American Chemical Society, and the recipient of twenty honorary degrees. She was nationally known for her teaching and was active nationally and internationally as a supporter of women in science. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Anna J. Harrison is the 563rd most popular chemist (down from 559th in 2024), the 9,733rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,863rd in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Chemist.

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Among chemists, Anna J. Harrison ranks 563 out of 602. Before her are Peter Jacob Hjelm, Edith M. Flanigen, Carl Jacob Löwig, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Hans von Pechmann, and Christian Ehrenfried Weigel. After her are Wallace Smith Broecker, Barbara Askins, Leslie Orgel, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Achim Müller, and F. Albert Cotton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Anna J. Harrison ranks 366. Before her are Kenneth Lee Pike, Friedrich Maurer, Harry Klinefelter, Margaret Scriven, Otto Licha, and Josef Streb. After her are Carl Raddatz, Dorothy Janis, David Raksin, Eva Dawes, József Pálinkás, and Machito. Among people deceased in 1998, Anna J. Harrison ranks 273. Before her are Elio Morille, Clark Clifford, Henry Spira, Givi Kartozia, Max Streibl, and James Lighthill. After her are Duncan White, Leo Buscaglia, Fred Davis, René Ferrier, Denniz Pop, and Ricardo Tormo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anna J. Harrison ranks 9,738 out of 20,380. Before her are Bill Black (1926), Edward Givens (1930), Howard Deutch (1950), Warren Kealoha (1903), Tadd Dameron (1917), Ashley Graham (1987), Franklin Graham (1952), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), and Robert F. Overmyer (1936). After her are Jimmy Garrison (1934), David Hess (1936), and Herbert Boyer (1936).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Anna J. Harrison ranks 102. Before her are Mary L. Good (1931), Bruce Alberts (1938), Emma P. Carr (1880), Florence B. Seibert (1897), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), and Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856). After her are Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Barbara Askins (1939), F. Albert Cotton (1930), Mildred Cohn (1913), Ira Remsen (1846), and Benjamin Silliman (1779).

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