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Linda B. Buck

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Linda Brown Buck (born January 29, 1947) is an American biologist best known for her work on the olfactory system. She was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Richard Axel, for their work on olfactory receptors. She is currently on the faculty of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Linda B. Buck is the 63rd most popular biologist (up from 65th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from United States (up from 678th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Biologist.

Linda B. Buck is most famous for her Nobel Prize-winning work on olfactory receptors.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Linda B. Buck ranks 63 out of 1,097. Before her are Roger Guillemin, Theodor Schwann, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Jean Dausset, and Gregory Winter. After her are Daniel Bovet, Hugo de Vries, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Hugo Theorell, Dian Fossey, and George Shaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Linda B. Buck ranks 38. Before her are Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Paco de Lucía, France Gall, Michael Levitt, Michael Porter, and Josep Borrell. After her are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kevin Farrell, Tom Clancy, Roger D. Kornberg, Sam Neill, and James Woods.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Linda B. Buck ranks 629 out of 20,380. Before her are Ernest Borgnine (1917), George Foreman (1949), Don King (1931), Steven Tyler (1948), Paul Walker (1973), and Ed Gein (1906). After her are Sydney Pollack (1934), Larry Ellison (1944), William Clark (1770), Robert A. Dahl (1915), Peter Fonda (1940), and Glen Campbell (1936).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Linda B. Buck ranks 9. Before her are Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866), Edward Tatum (1909), George Smith (1941), Barbara McClintock (1902), Rachel Carson (1907), and Irwin Rose (1926). After her are Dian Fossey (1932), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), Alfred Hershey (1908), Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Hermann Joseph Muller (1890), and John B. Calhoun (1917).

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