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Jerome Karle

1918 - 2013

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Jerome Karle (born Jerome Karfunkle; June 18, 1918 – June 6, 2013) was an American physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Hauptman, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, for the direct analysis of crystal structures using X-ray scattering techniques. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerome Karle is the 145th most popular chemist (up from 159th in 2019), the 740th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,018th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Chemist.

Jerome Karle is most famous for his contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA.

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Among chemists, Jerome Karle ranks 145 out of 602. Before him are Paul Flory, Jean-Marie Lehn, Johan Gadolin, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Julius Lothar Meyer, and Roger D. Kornberg. After him are Kurt Wüthrich, Johann Rudolf Glauber, Glenn T. Seaborg, Sune Bergström, Casimir Funk, and Marshall Warren Nirenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Jerome Karle ranks 28. Before him are Jens Christian Skou, Jørn Utzon, Ken Miles, Martin Ryle, William Holden, and Bertram Brockhouse. After him are Billy Graham, Paul D. Boyer, Gunnar Sønsteby, Derek Barton, Frederick Reines, and Muriel Spark. Among people deceased in 2013, Jerome Karle ranks 34. Before him are Julie Harris, Tom Clancy, Jovanka Broz, Tony Lip, Lou Reed, and Nílton Santos. After him are Jang Song-thaek, Ronald Coase, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Georges Moustaki, Joan Fontaine, and Rochus Misch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerome Karle ranks 740 out of 20,380. Before him are Maya Angelou (1928), Doris Day (1922), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), Washington Irving (1783), Lou Reed (1942), and Jerome Bruner (1915). After him are Ice-T (1958), Alec Baldwin (1958), J. Paul Getty (1892), Kim Novak (1933), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), and James Earl Jones (1931).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Jerome Karle ranks 32. Before him are Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), William E. Moerner (1953), Harold Urey (1893), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), Paul Flory (1910), and Roger D. Kornberg (1947). After him are Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927), Robert W. Holley (1922), Paul D. Boyer (1918), Willard Libby (1908), and Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921).

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