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J. L. B. Smith

1897 - 1968

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James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long extinct. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. L. B. Smith is the 448th most popular chemist (up from 552nd in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 154th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, J. L. B. Smith ranks 448 out of 602. Before him are Johan Kjeldahl, Carl Remigius Fresenius, Anders Jahan Retzius, Alexander William Williamson, James Crafts, and Constantin Fahlberg. After him are Auguste Laurent, Gaston Tissandier, John Tukey, Peter Atkins, Benjamin List, and Johann Schweigger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, J. L. B. Smith ranks 182. Before him are Paavo Talvela, Karel Lamač, Dorothy Day, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Alberto Cavalcanti, and Ram Prasad Bismil. After him are Henry Cowell, Zhou Fohai, Maximilian von Edelsheim, Ilya Ilf, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, and Gerardo Matos Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 1968, J. L. B. Smith ranks 126. Before him are Ugo Frigerio, Fay Bainter, Vahram Papazian, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Ivan Pyryev, and Khuang Aphaiwong. After him are Rose Wilder Lane, Segismundo Casado, Ibrahim Moustafa, Mercedes de Acosta, Panagiotis Pavlidis, and Alexander Gelfond.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, J. L. B. Smith ranks 83 out of 454. Before him are Piet Joubert (1834), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Gordon Murray (1946), David Cooper (1931), Marlene Dumas (1953), and Abdullah Ibrahim (1934). After him are Walter Sisulu (1912), Alice Krige (1954), Laurens van der Post (1906), Joan Harrison (1935), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), and Athol Fugard (1932).

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Among CHEMISTS In South Africa

Among chemists born in South Africa, J. L. B. Smith ranks 2. Before him are Michael Levitt (1947).

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