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Barry Commoner

1917 - 2012

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Barry Commoner (May 28, 1917 – September 30, 2012) was an American cellular biologist, college professor, and politician. He was a leading ecologist and among the founders of the modern environmental movement. He was the director of the Center for Biology of Natural Systems and its Critical Genetics Project. He ran as the Citizens Party candidate in the 1980 U.S. presidential election. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barry Commoner is the 924th most popular biologist (down from 562nd in 2019), the 8,221st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,055th in 2019) and the 131st most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Barry Commoner ranks 924 out of 1,097. Before him are Jan Sztolcman, Edward Bagnall Poulton, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, Thomas Thomson, Gaston Bonnier, and Yang Zhongjian. After him are Mary Katharine Brandegee, George Romanes, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Thomas Pennant, Ken Alibek, and Johann Christoph Wendland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Barry Commoner ranks 279. Before him are Virginia Grey, Eugen Walaschek, Tofig Guliyev, Lise Nørgaard, Wenche Foss, and Vernon A. Walters. After him are Richard Boone, José Magriñá, Nils Täpp, Ibrahim Shams, Freddie Francis, and Carl Forssell. Among people deceased in 2012, Barry Commoner ranks 331. Before him are Zig Ziglar, Humayun Ahmed, Bill Moggridge, Valeri Vasiliev, Lyudmila Kasatkina, and Chikage Awashima. After him are Sergey Nikolsky, Sergio Livingstone, Gu Chaohao, Pierre Adam, Chad Everett, and Břetislav Pojar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barry Commoner ranks 8,223 out of 20,380. Before him are Vernon A. Walters (1917), Armistead Maupin (1944), David Conrad (1967), Theodore Long (1947), Andy Cohen (1968), and Charli D'Amelio (2004). After him are Richard Boone (1917), Marcus Loew (1870), William Merritt Chase (1849), John F. Reynolds (1820), Colman Domingo (1969), and Ina Balin (1937).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Barry Commoner ranks 131. Before him are Benjamin Smith Barton (1766), Alfred G. Knudson (1922), Sereno Watson (1826), Joseph Banks Rhine (1895), Stanley Norman Cohen (1935), and Janet Rowley (1925). After him are Mary Katharine Brandegee (1844), Joanne Chory (1955), Norman I. Platnick (1951), Alice Catherine Evans (1881), Maxine Singer (1931), and Outram Bangs (1863).

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