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George Andrew Olah

1927 - 2017

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George Andrew Olah (born Oláh András György; May 22, 1927 – March 8, 2017) was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry." He was also awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Chemical Society and F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society in 1996. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he immigrated to the United Kingdom, which he left for Canada in 1964, finally resettling in the United States in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Andrew Olah is the 126th most popular chemist (up from 166th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 97th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Chemist.

George Andrew Olah is most famous for being a Nobel Prize winner in chemistry. He won the award in 1994 for his work with carbocations.

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Among chemists, George Andrew Olah ranks 126 out of 602. Before him are Edward W. Morley, William Crookes, George Porter, Richard Kuhn, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, and S. P. L. Sørensen. After him are William Lipscomb, Paul Berg, Christian B. Anfinsen, William E. Moerner, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Richard R. Ernst.

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Among people born in 1927, George Andrew Olah ranks 28. Before him are László Kubala, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Maurice Béjart, Manfred Eigen, Martin Lewis Perl, and Albert Uderzo. After him are John McCarthy, Rosalynn Carter, Janet Leigh, Robert Hossein, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, and Simone Veil. Among people deceased in 2017, George Andrew Olah ranks 27. Before him are Hans Georg Dehmelt, John Hurt, Hugh Hefner, Mireille Darc, Jerry Lewis, and Glen Campbell. After him are Roman Herzog, Johnny Hallyday, Martin Landau, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Mário Soares, and Simone Veil.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, George Andrew Olah ranks 60 out of 1,077. Before him are Coloman, King of Hungary (1070), Orestes (420), Béla III of Hungary (1148), Avram Hershko (1937), Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893), and Stephen V of Hungary (1239). After him are Emeric, King of Hungary (1174), Imre Lakatos (1922), Flórián Albert (1941), Paul Erdős (1913), Béla Guttmann (1899), and Georg von Békésy (1899).

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Among CHEMISTS In Hungary

Among chemists born in Hungary, George Andrew Olah ranks 3. Before him are George de Hevesy (1885), and Avram Hershko (1937). After him are Katalin Karikó (1955), Mária Telkes (1900), Michael Polanyi (1891), and Elizabeth Roboz Einstein (1904).

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