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George Porter

1920 - 2002

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George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, (6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002) was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Porter is the 122nd most popular chemist (up from 155th in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 676th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, George Porter ranks 122 out of 602. Before him are Gilbert N. Lewis, Michael Levitt, Lars Onsager, Carl Ferdinand Cori, Edward W. Morley, and William Crookes. After him are Richard Kuhn, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, S. P. L. Sørensen, George Andrew Olah, William Lipscomb, and Paul Berg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, George Porter ranks 27. Before him are Gianni Rodari, Richard von Weizsäcker, Charlie Parker, François Jacob, Traudl Junge, and Éric Rohmer. After him are Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Boris Vian, Captain Tom, Montgomery Clift, Fritz Walter, and Frank Sheeran. Among people deceased in 2002, George Porter ranks 16. Before him are Billy Wilder, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, John Rawls, László Kubala, Traudl Junge, and Niki de Saint Phalle. After him are Vavá, Chuck Jones, Camilo José Cela, James Coburn, B. D. Jatti, and Fritz Walter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Porter ranks 457 out of 8,785. Before him are Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), James Jeans (1877), Gregory Winter (1951), William Crookes (1832), Thomas Paine (1737), and Hugh Grant (1960). After him are Nigel Mansell (1953), Richard Cromwell (1626), James Fox (1939), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), Joseph Merrick (1862), and Frank P. Ramsey (1903).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, George Porter ranks 19. Before him are Norman Haworth (1883), Henry Hallett Dale (1875), Frederick Sanger (1918), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), and William Crookes (1832). After him are Harry Kroto (1939), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), John E. Walker (1941), Derek Barton (1918), and Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954).

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