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Karen Wetterhahn

1948 - 1997

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Karen Elizabeth Wetterhahn (October 16, 1948 – June 8, 1997), also known as Karen Wetterhahn Jennette, was an American professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, who specialized in toxic metal exposure. She died of mercury poisoning at the age of 48 due to accidental exposure to the extremely toxic organic mercury compound dimethylmercury (Hg(CH3)2). Protective gloves in use at the time of the incident provided insufficient protection, and exposure to only a single drop or two of the dimethylmercury absorbed through the gloves proved to be fatal after less than a year. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Wetterhahn is the 505th most popular chemist (up from 522nd in 2019), the 7,110th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,096th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Chemist.

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Among chemists, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 505 out of 602. Before her are Robert Havemann, Ludwig Mond, Pierre Adet, Johannes Thiele, John Walker, and Julius Wilbrand. After her are Ludwig Knorr, Jan Szczepanik, Helen Murray Free, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, William Hallowes Miller, and Hermann Wilhelm Vogel.

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Among people born in 1948, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 451. Before her are Banjō Ginga, Eddie Meduza, Big John Studd, Donald Fagen, Ernst Jean-Joseph, and José Luis Capón. After her are Ron Asheton, Jozef Čapkovič, Susanna Kaysen, Pedro Artola, Nikola Šainović, and Paquito D'Rivera. Among people deceased in 1997, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 214. Before her are Voldemar Väli, Bobby Helms, Josef Pieper, Billy Bremner, Georges Guétary, and Eitel Cantoni. After her are Haruko Sugimura, Maria Wittek, Sotiria Bellou, Denver Pyle, Richard Jaeckel, and Cyril Toumanoff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 7,112 out of 20,380. Before her are Gregory Chaitin (1947), William Wilson Morgan (1906), Michael Spinks (1956), Paul Lockhart (1956), Charles Fefferman (1949), and Skeeter Davis (1931). After her are Dick Savitt (1927), Leila Hyams (1905), David Gale (1921), Charles W. Misner (1932), Gram Parsons (1946), and Ben Sharpsteen (1895).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Karen Wetterhahn ranks 88. Before her are Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), James Crafts (1839), John Tukey (1915), Myrtle Bachelder (1908), Donella Meadows (1941), and Allen J. Bard (1933). After her are Helen Murray Free (1923), Bruce Ames (1928), Michael Behe (1952), Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), Robert Jarvik (1946), and Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925).

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