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Leslie Orgel

1927 - 2007

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Leslie Eleazer Orgel FRS (12 January 1927 – 27 October 2007) was a British chemist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, known for his theories on the origin of life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leslie Orgel is the 565th most popular chemist (down from 528th in 2019), the 4,950th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,311th in 2019) and the 71st most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Leslie Orgel ranks 565 out of 602. Before him are Edward Goodrich Acheson, Hans von Pechmann, Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, Anna J. Harrison, Wallace Smith Broecker, and Barbara Askins. After him are Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Achim Müller, F. Albert Cotton, Mildred Cohn, Carol V. Robinson, and Sergey Lebedev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Leslie Orgel ranks 414. Before him are Kees Broekman, Edward Kienholz, Egon Günther, Alvin Sargent, Chris Connor, and Tamara Nosova. After him are W. S. Merwin, Teodor Kocerka, Frank O'Farrell, Alfons Van Brandt, Raymond Leppard, and Hugo Budinger. Among people deceased in 2007, Leslie Orgel ranks 358. Before him are Carey Bell, Claude Netter, Aleksandr Dedyushko, Dragutin Tadijanović, The Fabulous Moolah, and Tamara Nosova. After him are Calvin Lockhart, John Gardner, Mehmed Uzun, F. Albert Cotton, Dmitri Prigov, and Jean-François Deniau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leslie Orgel ranks 4,951 out of 8,785. Before him are Humphrey Searle (1915), Theo Walcott (1989), Edgar Evans (1876), David Hewlett (1968), Tanith Lee (1947), and Thomas Phillips (1770). After him are Doug Bradley (1954), Edward Alleyn (1566), Paul McGann (1959), Frances O'Connor (1967), George Newberry (1917), and Scott Carson (1985).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Leslie Orgel ranks 71. Before him are William Hallowes Miller (1801), David MacMillan (1968), Charles Blagden (1748), Neil Bartlett (1932), Robin Hill (1899), and John Roebuck (1718). After him are Carol V. Robinson (1956), John George Children (1777), and Martyn Poliakoff (1947).

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