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Florence B. Seibert

1897 - 1991

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Florence Barbara Seibert (October 6, 1897 – August 23, 1991) was an American biochemist. She is best known for identifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin as a protein, and subsequently for isolating a pure form of tuberculin, purified protein derivative (PPD), enabling the development and use of a reliable TB test. Seibert has been inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame and the National Women's Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Florence B. Seibert is the 554th most popular chemist (down from 553rd in 2019), the 9,173rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,499th in 2019) and the 98th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Florence B. Seibert ranks 554 out of 602. Before her are Bruce Alberts, Hans Goldschmidt, John Roebuck, Lev Chugaev, Emma P. Carr, and Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg. After her are Jürgen Hennig, Peter Jacob Hjelm, Edith M. Flanigen, Carl Jacob Löwig, Edward Goodrich Acheson, and Hans von Pechmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Florence B. Seibert ranks 279. Before her are Ramón Gil, Ivan Borkovský, Ramdas Gandhi, Mikhail Yefremov, Gregory Ratoff, and Oskar Olsen. After her are Silverio Izaguirre, Tilly Edinger, Áron Tamási, James Parrott, Nunnally Johnson, and Hans Deppe. Among people deceased in 1991, Florence B. Seibert ranks 223. Before her are Daniel Mann, Moshe Castel, Daniel Oduber Quirós, Grete Mostny, Fritz Riess, and Ken Curtis. After her are Cliff Bastin, Alden Sanborn, Henri Louveau, Oreste Corbatta, Stan Mortensen, and John Russell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Florence B. Seibert ranks 9,175 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Lawrence (1906), Mads Pedersen (null), Jenny Shimizu (1967), O'Shea Jackson Jr. (1991), Joseph Nicolosi (1947), and Clu Gulager (1928). After her are Richard Gant (1944), Chanel Preston (1985), Gladys George (1904), Francis Parker Yockey (1917), Fred Hampton (1948), and Russell Simpson (1880).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Florence B. Seibert ranks 98. Before her are Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), Robert Jarvik (1946), Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925), Mary L. Good (1931), Bruce Alberts (1938), and Emma P. Carr (1880). After her are Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Barbara Askins (1939), and F. Albert Cotton (1930).

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