CHEMIST

Charles J. Pedersen

1904 - 1989

Photo of Charles J. Pedersen

Icon of person Charles J. Pedersen

Charles John Pedersen (Japanese: 安井 良男, Yasui Yoshio, October 3, 1904 – October 26, 1989) was an American organic chemist best known for discovering crown ethers and describing methods of synthesizing them during his entire 42-year career as a chemist for DuPont at DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, and at DuPont's Jackson Laboratory in Deepwater, New Jersey. Often associated with Reed McNeil Izatt, Pedersen also shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987 with Donald J. Cram and Jean-Marie Lehn. He is one of three Nobel Prize laureates born in Korea, along with Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung and Literature laureate Han Kang. Pedersen made many other discoveries in chemistry, such as discovering and developing metal deactivators. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles J. Pedersen is the 239th most popular chemist (down from 233rd in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from South Korea (up from 71st in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Charles J. Pedersen by language

Loading...

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Charles J. Pedersen ranks 239 out of 602. Before him are August Wilhelm von Hofmann, John Frederic Daniell, John Pople, Johann Josef Loschmidt, Hideki Shirakawa, and Louis Jacques Thénard. After him are Hennig Brand, Antoine Jérôme Balard, Friedrich Sertürner, Nicolas Leblanc, Walter Gilbert, and Arieh Warshel.

Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Charles J. Pedersen ranks 46. Before him are Nikolai Ostrovsky, George F. Kennan, Willem de Kooning, Joseph Campbell, John Gielgud, and George Balanchine. After him are Karl Rahner, Tadao Takayama, Héctor Castro, Clifford D. Simak, Otto Robert Frisch, and František Plánička. Among people deceased in 1989, Charles J. Pedersen ranks 43. Before him are Sugar Ray Robinson, Giuseppe Siri, Danilo Kiš, Leon Festinger, Cornel Wilde, and Bruce Chatwin. After him are Joris Ivens, Ahmadou Ahidjo, Uichiro Hatta, Kōnosuke Matsushita, Gaetano Scirea, and Countess Georgina von Wilczek.

Others Born in 1904

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1989

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Charles J. Pedersen ranks 63 out of 1,128. Before him are Kim Tu-bong (1889), Sin Saimdang (1504), Gim Yu-sin (595), Queen Inhyeon (1667), Heungseon Daewongun (1820), and Kim Ki-duk (1960). After him are Munmu of Silla (626), Lee Byung-hun (1970), Nam June Paik (1932), Lee Jae-myung (1964), Yi Hwang (1501), and Queen Munjeong (1501).

Others born in South Korea

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among CHEMISTS In South Korea

Among chemists born in South Korea, Charles J. Pedersen ranks 1. 

South Korean born Chemists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous