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Paul Flory

1910 - 1985

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Paul John Flory (June 19, 1910 – September 9, 1985) was an American chemist and Nobel laureate who was known for his work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules. He was a pioneer in understanding the behavior of polymers in solution, and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1974 "for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of macromolecules". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Flory is the 139th most popular chemist (up from 165th in 2019), the 703rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,038th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Paul Flory ranks 139 out of 602. Before him are Joseph Proust, John Cornforth, Harold Urey, Wilfrid Voynich, Gerhard Ertl, and Robert Burns Woodward. After him are Jean-Marie Lehn, Johan Gadolin, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Julius Lothar Meyer, Roger D. Kornberg, and Jerome Karle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Paul Flory ranks 21. Before him are Dominique Pire, Jacques Monod, Django Reinhardt, Konrad Zuse, David Niven, and Walter Schellenberg. After him are Kurt Meyer, Gerda Taro, Chiang Ching-kuo, Eric Berne, Katherine Oppenheimer, and Michel Aflaq. Among people deceased in 1985, Paul Flory ranks 21. Before him are Simone Signoret, Philip Larkin, Rock Hudson, Simon Kuznets, Margaret Hamilton, and Dian Fossey. After him are Lon Nol, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Kim Yong-sik, Anne Baxter, and Ferhat Abbas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Flory ranks 703 out of 20,380. Before him are Claude Shannon (1916), David Copperfield (1956), Julie Harris (1925), Robert Downey Sr. (1936), Leonard Nimoy (1931), and Robert Burns Woodward (1917). After him are Jody Williams (1950), Alice Cooper (1948), D. B. Cooper (1931), Ronald Evans (1933), Bryan Cranston (1956), and Chester W. Nimitz (1885).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Paul Flory ranks 30. Before him are William Lipscomb (1919), Paul Berg (1926), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), William E. Moerner (1953), Harold Urey (1893), and Robert Burns Woodward (1917). After him are Roger D. Kornberg (1947), Jerome Karle (1918), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927), Robert W. Holley (1922), and Paul D. Boyer (1918).

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