CHEMIST

Herbert C. Brown

1912 - 2004

Photo of Herbert C. Brown

Icon of person Herbert C. Brown

Herbert Charles Brown (May 22, 1912 – December 19, 2004) was an American chemist and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work with organoboranes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert C. Brown is the 200th most popular chemist (up from 225th in 2019), the 731st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 897th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Herbert C. Brown by language

Loading...

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Herbert C. Brown ranks 200 out of 602. Before him are Johann Deisenhofer, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Henry Taube, Paul L. Modrich, Clara Immerwahr, and Arthur Kornberg. After him are Wallace Carothers, Donald J. Cram, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Robert H. Grubbs, Robert F. Furchgott, and Georg Ernst Stahl.

Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Herbert C. Brown ranks 43. Before him are Juan Pujol García, Patrick White, Julius Axelrod, Woody Guthrie, Karl Malden, and Pierre Boulle. After him are Chien-Shiung Wu, Elsa Morante, Kim Philby, James Callaghan, Sonja Henie, and Jozef Gabčík. Among people deceased in 2004, Herbert C. Brown ranks 31. Before him are Helmut Newton, Stieg Larsson, Laura Branigan, Julius Axelrod, Carlos Kleiber, and Ko Yong-hui. After him are Leônidas, Gérard Debreu, Renata Tebaldi, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, Edward B. Lewis, and Jerry Goldsmith.

Others Born in 1912

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2004

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert C. Brown ranks 731 out of 8,785. Before him are Antony Hewish (1924), Albert Finney (1936), Geoffrey Hinton (1947), William Shockley (1910), George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), and James Edward Smith (1759). After him are Aubrey Beardsley (1872), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Robert II of Scotland (1316), William Beckford (1760), Lionel Robbins (1898), and Henry Fielding (1707).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Herbert C. Brown ranks 27. Before him are Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), John E. Walker (1941), Derek Barton (1918), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), and Peter D. Mitchell (1920). After him are James Dewar (1842), Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), John Newlands (1837), John Vane (1927), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), and John Frederic Daniell (1790).

British born Chemists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous