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Mildred Cohn

1913 - 2009

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Mildred Cohn (July 12, 1913 – October 12, 2009) was an American biochemist who furthered understanding of biochemical processes through her study of chemical reactions within animal cells. She was a pioneer in the use of nuclear magnetic resonance for studying enzyme reactions, particularly reactions of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). She received the nation's highest science award, the National Medal of Science, in 1982, and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mildred Cohn is the 569th most popular chemist (down from 554th in 2019), the 10,393rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,575th in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Mildred Cohn ranks 569 out of 602. Before her are Wallace Smith Broecker, Barbara Askins, Leslie Orgel, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Achim Müller, and F. Albert Cotton. After her are Carol V. Robinson, Sergey Lebedev, Faiza Al-Kharafi, Martin Kamen, Jiří Drahoš, and Ira Remsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Mildred Cohn ranks 366. Before her are Frank Swift, Dorothy Comingore, Annalisa Ericson, Kofi Abrefa Busia, Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, and Jean Capelle. After her are István Klimek, Ed Czerkiewicz, Sammy Cahn, John N. Mitchell, Martin Kamen, and William Inge. Among people deceased in 2009, Mildred Cohn ranks 349. Before her are Ricardo Londoño, Rashidi Kawawa, Vladimir Fedotov, Dana Vávrová, Frank Vandenbroucke, and Frank Gardner. After her are Stanley Jaki, Peter Zadek, Rolf Rüssmann, Rose Friedman, Peter Persidis, and Raúl Magaña.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mildred Cohn ranks 10,395 out of 20,380. Before her are Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), Ashley Benson (1989), Fred Armisen (1966), Rian Johnson (1973), Annie Montague Alexander (1867), and Glenn Medeiros (1970). After her are Tiffany Young (1989), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Larry Williams (1935), Taboo (1975), Brewster Kahle (1960), and Ethan Phillips (1955).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Mildred Cohn ranks 105. Before her are Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Barbara Askins (1939), and F. Albert Cotton (1930). After her are Ira Remsen (1846), Benjamin Silliman (1779), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), Susan Solomon (1956), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), and Richard Zare (1939).

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