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Richard J. Roberts

1943 - Today

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Sir Richard John Roberts (born 6 September 1943) is a British biochemist and molecular biologist. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Allen Sharp for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing. He currently works at New England Biolabs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard J. Roberts is the 286th most popular chemist (up from 322nd in 2019), the 1,187th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,426th in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Richard J. Roberts ranks 286 out of 602. Before him are Heinrich Gustav Magnus, André-Louis Debierne, Ascanio Sobrero, Carl Auer von Welsbach, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, and Axel Fredrik Cronstedt. After him are Locusta, Satoshi Ōmura, Thomas Andrews, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Kikunae Ikeda, and Leopold Gmelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Richard J. Roberts ranks 112. Before him are Richard S. Hamilton, George Benson, Bernard Tapie, Reinaldo Arenas, Robert Lefkowitz, and Vint Cerf. After him are Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Conchata Ferrell, Akinori Nakayama, Otoya Yamaguchi, Grover Washington Jr., and Eric Idle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard J. Roberts ranks 1,187 out of 8,785. Before him are Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), Benedict Cumberbatch (1976), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Charles George Gordon (1833), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), and Francis Walsingham (1532). After him are Francis Lee (1944), John McAfee (1945), Terry Jones (1942), Kenneth Clarke (1940), William Tyndale (1494), and John Mayall (1933).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Richard J. Roberts ranks 38. Before him are William Hyde Wollaston (1766), John Frederic Daniell (1790), John Pople (1925), Ida Noddack (1896), Fraser Stoddart (1942), and Thomas Graham (1805). After him are Thomas Andrews (1813), William Henry (1774), Smithson Tennant (1761), Michael Smith (1932), William Henry Perkin (1838), and Tim Hunt (1943).

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