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Maxine Singer

1931 - 2024

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Maxine Frank Singer (née Frank; February 15, 1931 – July 9, 2024) was an American molecular biologist and science administrator. She was known for her contributions to solving the genetic code, her role in the ethical and regulatory debates on recombinant DNA techniques (including the organization of the Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA), and her leadership of Carnegie Institution of Washington. In 2002, Discover magazine recognized her as one of the 50 most important women in science. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maxine Singer is the 942nd most popular biologist (up from 1,005th in 2019), the 8,599th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,918th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Maxine Singer ranks 942 out of 1,097. Before her are Norman I. Platnick, Philipp Christoph Zeller, Alice Catherine Evans, George Edwards, Shi Zhengli, and Walter Buller. After her are Maxwell T. Masters, Outram Bangs, Mark Catesby, Karl Patterson Schmidt, Jacob Bjerknes, and William Yarrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Maxine Singer ranks 466. Before her are Marshall Applewhite, Norman Mineta, Virginia McKenna, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Věra Suková, and Nelly Kaplan. After her are Peter Gilmore, Hubert Sumlin, Alan Newton, Sven Delblanc, István Hevesi, and Raúl Belén. Among people deceased in 2024, Maxine Singer ranks 395. Before her are Jean Malaurie, Joanne Chory, Marlena Shaw, Robert Coover, Bob Bryar, and Phelekezela Mphoko. After her are Ben Vautier, Dorothy Allison, Gary Shaw, Toumani Diabaté, Charles Cyphers, and Bernard Baudoux.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maxine Singer ranks 8,601 out of 20,380. Before her are Peter Yarrow (1938), Tory Lane (1982), DeWitt Clinton (1769), Paul Dano (1984), Chris Sununu (1974), and Melissa Joan Hart (1976). After her are Robert Bly (1926), Buddy Van Horn (1928), Bill Frisell (1951), Harold Agnew (1921), George Voinovich (1936), and William Yorzyk (1933).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Maxine Singer ranks 136. Before her are Janet Rowley (1925), Barry Commoner (1917), Mary Katharine Brandegee (1844), Joanne Chory (1955), Norman I. Platnick (1951), and Alice Catherine Evans (1881). After her are Outram Bangs (1863), Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), William Beebe (1877), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), and Osamu Hayaishi (1920).

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