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James B. Conant

1893 - 1978

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James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 – February 11, 1978) was an American chemist, a President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army, where he worked on the development of poison gases, especially lewisite. He became an assistant professor of chemistry at Harvard University in 1919 and the Sheldon Emery Professor of Organic Chemistry in 1929. He researched the physical structures of natural products, particularly chlorophyll, and he was one of the first to explore the sometimes complex relationship between chemical equilibrium and the reaction rate of chemical processes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James B. Conant is the 231st most popular chemist (up from 448th in 2019), the 1,328th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,075th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, James B. Conant ranks 231 out of 602. Before him are Hartmut Michel, John Vane, William Hyde Wollaston, Richard Abegg, Ignacy Mościcki, and Stanley Miller. After him are Stanislao Cannizzaro, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, John Frederic Daniell, John Pople, Johann Josef Loschmidt, and Hideki Shirakawa.

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Among people born in 1893, James B. Conant ranks 43. Before him are Miroslav Krleža, Andrés Segovia, Lili Boulanger, Emmy Göring, Fritz Perls, and Hans Fallada. After him are Hermann Balck, Viktor Shklovsky, Hattie McDaniel, Ana Pauker, Mae West, and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma. Among people deceased in 1978, James B. Conant ranks 35. Before him are Hasso von Manteuffel, Sisavang Vatthana, Charles Best, Harold Lasswell, Jim Jones, and Tamara Karsavina. After him are Herta Oberheuser, Shozo Tsugitani, József Bozsik, Nazli Sabri, Ed Wood, and Étienne Gilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James B. Conant ranks 1,328 out of 20,380. Before him are Stanley Miller (1930), Laurence Fishburne (1961), Virginia Satir (1916), Jennifer Jones (1919), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), and Helen Wills (1905). After him are Condoleezza Rice (1954), Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), Horatio Alger (1832), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), William Daniel Phillips (1948), and Carl Spaatz (1891).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, James B. Conant ranks 55. Before him are Donald J. Cram (1919), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Karl Barry Sharpless (1941), Paul Lauterbur (1929), and Stanley Miller (1930). After him are Walter Gilbert (1932), Kary Mullis (1944), Richard Smalley (1943), Carolyn R. Bertozzi (1966), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), and Stephanie Kwolek (1923).

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