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Henry Eyring

1901 - 1981

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Henry Eyring (February 20, 1901 – December 26, 1981) was a Mexico-born United States theoretical chemist whose primary contribution was in the study of chemical reaction rates and intermediates. Eyring developed the Absolute Rate Theory or Transition state theory of chemical reactions, connecting the fields of chemistry and physics through atomic theory, quantum theory, and statistical mechanics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Eyring is the 356th most popular chemist (up from 546th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 343rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Henry Eyring ranks 356 out of 602. Before him are William Prout, Louis E. Brus, Sendivogius, Alexander Shulgin, Paul Héroult, and Paul Walden. After him are Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Edward Frankland, Lars Fredrik Nilson, Charles Macintosh, Karl Ernst Claus, and Victor Goldschmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Henry Eyring ranks 106. Before him are René Pleven, Gino Cervi, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Eiji Tsuburaya, Sid Atkinson, and Cassandre. After him are Carlo Biotti, George Gallup, Chen Yi, Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Michel Leiris, and Maxwell D. Taylor. Among people deceased in 1981, Henry Eyring ranks 72. Before him are Lotte Lenya, Christy Brown, Ziaur Rahman, Jim Davis, Kirill Kondrashin, and Grunya Sukhareva. After him are Gunichi Mikawa, Bernard Lee, Albert Cohen, Ferruccio Parri, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, and Carl Ludwig Siegel.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Henry Eyring ranks 94 out of 729. Before him are José Sánchez del Río (1913), Chespirito (1929), Jacob Bekenstein (1947), Adolfo de la Huerta (1881), Rafael Caro Quintero (1952), and Yola Ramírez (1935). After him are Javier Aguirre (1958), Miguel Miramón (1832), Laura Harring (1964), Pedro Rodríguez (1940), Luis Echeverría (1922), and Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581).

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Among CHEMISTS In Mexico

Among chemists born in Mexico, Henry Eyring ranks 2. Before him are Mario J. Molina (1943). After him are Luis E. Miramontes (1925).

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