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Howard Martin Temin

1934 - 1994

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Howard Martin Temin (December 10, 1934 – February 9, 1994) was an American geneticist and virologist. He discovered reverse transcriptase in the 1970s at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, for which he shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Renato Dulbecco and David Baltimore. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Howard Martin Temin is the 151st most popular biologist (up from 235th in 2019), the 1,293rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,219th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Howard Martin Temin ranks 151 out of 1,097. Before him are Charles Scott Sherrington, E. O. Wilson, Gabriele Falloppio, Ibn al-Baitar, Johan Christian Fabricius, and Félix d'Herelle. After him are Joshua Lederberg, Bernard Katz, Thomas Huckle Weller, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Martin Chalfie, and Jakob von Uexküll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Howard Martin Temin ranks 63. Before him are John Surtees, Masao Uchino, Jonas Savimbi, C. N. R. Rao, Fujiko Fujio, and Bettino Craxi. After him are Brian Epstein, Alfred Schnittke, Kurt Hamrin, Jan Švankmajer, Bill Russell, and Stanislav Shushkevich. Among people deceased in 1994, Howard Martin Temin ranks 56. Before him are Pujie, Sylva Koscina, Robert Doisneau, Sergei Bondarchuk, Chung Il-kwon, and György Cziffra. After him are Jack Kirby, Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, Peter Cushing, Jessica Tandy, Roberto Eduardo Viola, and Jean-Louis Barrault.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Howard Martin Temin ranks 1,293 out of 20,380. Before him are Kevin McCarthy (1965), Anthony Edwards (1962), A. E. Waite (1857), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), Mike Shinoda (1977), and James M. Buchanan (1919). After him are William Fichtner (1956), Joshua Lederberg (1925), Joseph Campbell (1904), John Reed (1887), John Jacob Astor IV (1864), and Susan B. Anthony (1820).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Howard Martin Temin ranks 27. Before him are John Franklin Enders (1897), Lynn Margulis (1938), Gerald Edelman (1929), Edward B. Lewis (1918), Daniel Nathans (1928), and E. O. Wilson (1929). After him are Joshua Lederberg (1925), Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), Martin Chalfie (1947), Nettie Stevens (1861), George Davis Snell (1903), and Leland H. Hartwell (1939).

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