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Richard Lerner

1938 - 2021

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Richard Alan Lerner (August 26, 1938 – December 2, 2021) was an American research chemist. He was best known for his work on catalytic antibodies and combinatorial antibody libraries. Lerner served as President of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) from 1987 until January 1, 2012, and was a member of its Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, in La Jolla, California. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Richard Lerner is the 589th most popular chemist (down from 587th in 2024), the 12,498th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,701st in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Chemist.

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Among chemists, Richard Lerner ranks 589 out of 602. Before him are Martyn Poliakoff, Richard Zare, Ching Wan Tang, Willis R. Whitney, Marie Maynard Daly, and Esther M. Conwell. After him are Ruth R. Benerito, Donald Howard Menzel, Sam Ruben, Jacqueline Barton, Percy Lavon Julian, and Omar M. Yaghi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Richard Lerner ranks 582. Before him are Dawn Wells, Kathy Kirby, Eduard Ivanov, Maxine Waters, Aldo Valentini, and Ti-Grace Atkinson. After him are Bobby Charles, Caryl Churchill, David Singmaster, Sultan Rahi, Darrall Imhoff, and Arthur Scargill. Among people deceased in 2021, Richard Lerner ranks 648. Before him are Hans van Baalen, Johnny Isakson, Pete George, Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Gillian Sheen, and C. J. Hunter. After him are Adrian Metcalfe, Samuel E. Wright, Slide Hampton, Wayne Thiebaud, David Khakhaleishvili, and Mo Hayder.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Lerner ranks 12,502 out of 20,380. Before him are Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938), Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932), Normani (1996), Randall Park (1974), Greg Burke (1959), and Sandra Cisneros (1954). After him are John Francis Dillon (1884), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (1986), Paul Nitze (1907), Allison Anders (1954), Lauryn Williams (1983), and Paul Lynde (1926).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Richard Lerner ranks 116. Before him are Susan Solomon (1956), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), Richard Zare (1939), Willis R. Whitney (1868), Marie Maynard Daly (1921), and Esther M. Conwell (1922). After him are Ruth R. Benerito (1916), Donald Howard Menzel (1901), Sam Ruben (1913), Jacqueline Barton (1952), Percy Lavon Julian (1899), and Charles M. Lieber (1959).

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