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Asima Chatterjee

1917 - 2006

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Asima Chatterjee (23 September 1917 – 22 November 2006) was an Indian organic chemist noted for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine. Her most notable work includes research on vinca alkaloids, the development of anti-epileptic drugs, and development of anti-malarial drugs. She also authored a considerable volume of work on medicinal plants of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Science from an Indian university. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Asima Chatterjee is the 369th most popular chemist (up from 387th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from India (up from 361st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Asima Chatterjee ranks 369 out of 602. Before her are Alice Ball, Édouard Herzen, Otto Schott, Peter Waage, Charles Hatchett, and Viktor Meyer. After her are Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Morris Travers, Friedrich Stromeyer, Carl Djerassi, Jeremias Benjamin Richter, and Andrés Manuel del Río.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Asima Chatterjee ranks 130. Before her are Fulbert Youlou, Maya Deren, Mak Dizdar, Wieland Wagner, Yakov Pavlov, and Henri Salvador. After her are Samael Aun Weor, Shams Pahlavi, Vasily Petrov, Adam Malik, Kirk Kerkorian, and Semyon Kurkotkin. Among people deceased in 2006, Asima Chatterjee ranks 131. Before her are Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, Silva Kaputikyan, Don Thompson, Malcolm Arnold, Yuval Ne'eman, and Valentín Paniagua. After her are Igor Sergeyev, Joe Rosenthal, William Auld, Basil Poledouris, Richard Kuklinski, and Gérard Oury.

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In India

Among people born in India, Asima Chatterjee ranks 338 out of 1,861. Before her are Saint Alphonsa (1910), Pulakeshin II (610), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), Velu Nachiyar (1730), and Kalpana Chawla (1961). After her are Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Amrapali (-450), Sikandar Jah (1768), Lindsay Anderson (1923), Narayana Guru (1855), and Girija Prasad Koirala (1924).

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Among CHEMISTS In India

Among chemists born in India, Asima Chatterjee ranks 4. Before her are Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952), C. N. R. Rao (1934), and Kamala Sohonie (1912). After her are Yellapragada Subbarow (1895), and Darshan Ranganathan (1941).

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