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George Emil Palade

1912 - 2008

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George Emil Palade (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdʒe̯ordʒe eˈmil paˈlade] ; November 19, 1912 – October 7, 2008) was a Romanian-American cell biologist. In 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve. The prize was granted for his innovations in electron microscopy and cell fractionation which together laid the foundations of modern molecular cell biology, the most notable discovery being the ribosomes of the endoplasmic reticulum – which he first described in 1955. Palade also received the U.S. National Medal of Science in Biological Sciences for "pioneering discoveries of a host of fundamental, highly organized structures in living cells" in 1986, and was previously elected a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1961. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Emil Palade is the 153rd most popular physician (down from 132nd in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Romania (down from 54th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Physician.

George Emil Palade was a Romanian-born American cell biologist who is most famous for his work in the field of cell biology. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 for his discovery of ribosomes and their role in protein synthesis.

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Among physicians, George Emil Palade ranks 153 out of 726. Before him are Ryke Geerd Hamer, Ibn Zuhr, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Theodor Billroth, Franz Joseph Gall, and Erasistratus. After him are Albrecht von Haller, Howard Florey, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Georgios Papanikolaou, and Jonas Salk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, George Emil Palade ranks 53. Before him are James Callaghan, Sonja Henie, Jozef Gabčík, Otto Ernst Remer, Shoichi Nishimura, and Robert Doisneau. After him are Duško Popov, Isser Harel, Don Siegel, Cornel Wilde, Kathleen Ferrier, and Salah al-Din al-Bitar. Among people deceased in 2008, George Emil Palade ranks 43. Before him are Lansana Conté, John Archibald Wheeler, George Habash, Jörg Haider, Janez Drnovšek, and Michael Crichton. After him are Giuseppe Di Stefano, Joshua Lederberg, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Thomas Huckle Weller, Aimé Césaire, and Edward Norton Lorenz.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, George Emil Palade ranks 55 out of 844. Before him are Ben Ferencz (1920), Alexander Löhr (1885), Gabriel Bethlen (1580), Mircea II of Wallachia (1422), Regalianus (250), and Gheorghe Zamfir (1941). After him are Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899), Henri Coandă (1886), Mircea I of Wallachia (1355), Chivu Stoica (1908), Panait Istrati (1884), and Valentin Ceaușescu (1948).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Romania

Among physicians born in Romania, George Emil Palade ranks 1. After him are Fritz Klein (1888), Nicolae Paulescu (1869), and Constantin von Economo (1876).

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