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Peter D. Mitchell

1920 - 1992

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Peter Dennis Mitchell FRS (29 September 1920 – 10 April 1992) was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his theory of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter D. Mitchell is the 190th most popular chemist (up from 269th in 2019), the 678th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,051st in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Chemist.

Peter d. mitchell is most famous for his discovery of the chemiosmotic theory, which proposes that the proton gradient across the inner membrane of the mitochondria is the driving force for ATP synthesis.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 190 out of 602. Before him are Fritz Albert Lipmann, Sidney Altman, Gerhard Herzberg, Robert Huber, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, and Thomas A. Steitz. After him are Richard R. Schrock, Aaron Klug, Julius Axelrod, Johann Deisenhofer, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, and Henry Taube.

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Among people born in 1920, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 39. Before him are Frank Sheeran, Edmond H. Fischer, Helmut Newton, Zecharia Sitchin, Sun Myung Moon, and Clarice Lispector. After him are C. R. Rao, Mario Beccaria, John Demjanjuk, Walter Matthau, Prem Tinsulanonda, and Douglass North. Among people deceased in 1992, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 25. Before him are Joan Fuster, Jan Oort, Benny Hill, Paolo Borsellino, Félix Guattari, and Satyajit Ray. After him are Anthony Perkins, Aribert Heim, Nureddin al-Atassi, David Bohm, Algirdas Julien Greimas, and Peyo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 678 out of 8,785. Before him are James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Chaim Herzog (1918), Hugh Laurie (1959), Diana Rigg (1938), Robert Burton (1577), and David Hockney (1937). After him are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Philip Miller (1691), Augustus Pugin (1812), William Dampier (1651), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), and Roger Glover (1945).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Peter D. Mitchell ranks 26. Before him are Harry Kroto (1939), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), John E. Walker (1941), Derek Barton (1918), and Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954). After him are Herbert C. Brown (1912), James Dewar (1842), Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), John Newlands (1837), John Vane (1927), and William Hyde Wollaston (1766).

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