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J. D. Bernal

1901 - 1971

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John Desmond Bernal (; 10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Bernal wrote popular books on science and society. He was a communist activist and a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. D. Bernal is the 88th most popular chemist (up from 311th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 67th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, J. D. Bernal ranks 88 out of 602. Before him are Carl Bosch, Robert S. Mulliken, Friedrich Bergius, Hans Fischer, James B. Sumner, and Richard Laurence Millington Synge. After him are Ernst Otto Fischer, Thomas Midgley Jr., Theodor Svedberg, Valery Legasov, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Edward Adelbert Doisy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, J. D. Bernal ranks 28. Before him are Alberto Giacometti, André Malraux, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Joaquín Rodrigo, Jean Dubuffet, and Mohamed Naguib. After him are Max Euwe, Vincent du Vigneaud, Witold Pilecki, Ricardo Zamora, Simon Kuznets, and Hugo Gunckel Lüer. Among people deceased in 1971, J. D. Bernal ranks 15. Before him are György Lukács, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Audie Murphy, Giorgos Seferis, Fernandel, and Hermann Hoth. After him are Theodor Svedberg, Arne Tiselius, Mátyás Rákosi, Harold Lloyd, D. B. Cooper, and Gotthard Heinrici.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, J. D. Bernal ranks 25 out of 549. Before him are Sinéad O'Connor (1966), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), William Rowan Hamilton (1805), Pierce Brosnan (1953), and Grace O'Malley (1530). After him are W. B. Yeats (1865), G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), Anne Bonny (1702), Ernest Shackleton (1874), John Field (1782), and Kevin Farrell (1947).

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Among CHEMISTS In Ireland

Among chemists born in Ireland, J. D. Bernal ranks 2. Before him are Robert Boyle (1627). After him are William C. Campbell (1930), Kathleen Lonsdale (1903), and Peter Woulfe (1727).

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