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Maud Menten

1879 - 1960

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Maud Leonora Menten (March 20, 1879 – July 17, 1960) was a Canadian physician and chemist. As a bio-medical and medical researcher, she made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry, and invented a procedure that remains in use. She is primarily known for her work with Leonor Michaelis on enzyme kinetics in 1913. The paper has been translated from its written language of German into English. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maud Menten is the 427th most popular chemist (down from 416th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Canada (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Maud Menten ranks 427 out of 602. Before her are Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, Lina Stern, Coenraad Johannes van Houten, Hugo Schiff, Claudine Picardet, and Frank Wigglesworth Clarke. After her are Georges Urbain, Christian Gmelin, Jacques-Louis Soret, Albert Niemann, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, and Hans Tropsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Maud Menten ranks 125. Before her are Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Prince Mirko of Montenegro, Frank Bridge, Friedrich Christiansen, Joseph Canteloube, and Kafū Nagai. After her are Petros Persakis, Ellen Gleditsch, Clemente Micara, Leonid Mandelstam, Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg, and Wallace Stevens. Among people deceased in 1960, Maud Menten ranks 109. Before her are Adone Zoli, Frank Elmore Ross, Roy Chapman Andrews, Erich Neumann, Zora Neale Hurston, and Pavel Peter Gojdič. After her are Eduard Pütsep, Yury Olesha, Joseph Vendryes, Friedrich Kirchner, Melvin Purvis, and Knud Enemark Jensen.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Maud Menten ranks 246 out of 1,622. Before her are René Lévesque (1922), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Conrad Black (1944), Bobby Hull (1939), Jean Béliveau (1931), and Northrop Frye (1912). After her are Neve Campbell (1973), Neil Peart (1952), Suzanne Morrow Francis (1930), Arthur Hill (1922), Louis St. Laurent (1882), and Terry Sawchuk (1929).

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Among CHEMISTS In Canada

Among chemists born in Canada, Maud Menten ranks 5. Before her are William Giauque (1895), Sidney Altman (1939), Henry Taube (1915), and Rudolph A. Marcus (1923). After her are Martin Kamen (1913).

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