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Manfred Eigen

1927 - 2019

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Manfred Eigen (German pronunciation: [ˈmanˌfʁeːt ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩] ; 9 May 1927 – 6 February 2019) was a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions. Eigen's research helped solve major problems in physical chemistry and aided in the understanding of chemical processes that occur in living organisms. In later years, he explored the biochemical roots of life and evolution. He worked to install a multidisciplinary program at the Max Planck Institute to study the underpinnings of life at the molecular level. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manfred Eigen is the 112th most popular chemist (up from 120th in 2019), the 428th most popular biography from Germany (up from 667th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Chemist.

Manfred Eigen is most famous for his work on the theory of the chemical origin of life. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Manfred Eigen ranks 112 out of 602. Before him are Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Paul Hermann Müller, Odd Hassel, Yves Chauvin, Jacques Monod, and Irving Langmuir. After him are Melvin Calvin, Avram Hershko, Claude Louis Berthollet, Gilbert N. Lewis, Michael Levitt, and Lars Onsager.

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Among people born in 1927, Manfred Eigen ranks 25. Before him are Sidney Poitier, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Angelo Sodano, László Kubala, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, and Maurice Béjart. After him are Martin Lewis Perl, Albert Uderzo, George Andrew Olah, John McCarthy, Rosalynn Carter, and Janet Leigh. Among people deceased in 2019, Manfred Eigen ranks 17. Before him are Robert Forster, Rutger Hauer, Bruno Ganz, Nuon Chea, Peter Mayhew, and Frank Lucas. After him are I. M. Pei, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Peter Fonda, Karel Gott, Agnès Varda, and Beji Caid Essebsi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Manfred Eigen ranks 428 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian III of Denmark (1503), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Emil Nolde (1867), Gerd Binnig (1947), Otto Dix (1891), and Levi Strauss (1829). After him are Sepp Maier (1944), Ernst Abbe (1840), Otto Loewi (1873), Otto Lilienthal (1848), Leo von Caprivi (1831), and Pina Bausch (1940).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Manfred Eigen ranks 23. Before him are Hermann Staudinger (1881), Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873), Carl Bosch (1874), Hans Fischer (1881), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), and Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877). After him are Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), Gerhard Ertl (1936), Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604), Hermann Kolbe (1818), and Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743).

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