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Cyril Norman Hinshelwood

1897 - 1967

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Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (19 June 1897 – 9 October 1967) was a British physical chemist and expert in chemical kinetics. His work in reaction mechanisms earned the 1956 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cyril Norman Hinshelwood is the 44th most popular chemist (up from 113th in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 504th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Chemist.

Cyril Norman Hinshelwood was a British chemist and Nobel Prize winner. He is most famous for his work in the field of chemical kinetics.

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Among chemists, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood ranks 44 out of 602. Before him are Linus Pauling, Paul Karrer, Tadeusz Reichstein, Humphry Davy, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, and Alfred Werner. After him are Adolf von Baeyer, Fritz Pregl, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Victor Grignard, Arthur Harden, and Adolf Butenandt.

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Among people born in 1897, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood ranks 9. Before him are Irène Joliot-Curie, William Faulkner, Patrick Blackett, Amelia Earhart, Zakir Husain, and Tadeusz Reichstein. After him are Ivan Konev, Subhas Chandra Bose, Thích Quảng Đức, Paavo Nurmi, Ludwig Erhard, and Yun Posun. Among people deceased in 1967, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood ranks 9. Before him are Puyi, Konrad Adenauer, René Magritte, Vivien Leigh, John Nance Garner, and Albert Lutuli. After him are Ed White, Spencer Tracy, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Vladimir Komarov, Edward Hopper, and Zoltán Kodály.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood ranks 245 out of 8,785. Before him are Duns Scotus (1265), J. K. Rowling (1965), James Mason (1909), Bobby Charlton (1937), Boudica (33), and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759). After him are C. F. Powell (1903), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Henry III of England (1207), Arthur Harden (1865), Horace Walpole (1717), and John A. Macdonald (1815).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood ranks 7. Before him are John Dalton (1766), William Ramsay (1852), John Macleod (1876), Alexander R. Todd (1907), Robert Robinson (1886), and Humphry Davy (1778). After him are Arthur Harden (1865), Archer Martin (1910), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Frederick Soddy (1877), Francis William Aston (1877), and Norman Haworth (1883).

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