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Robert Robinson

1886 - 1975

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Sir Robert Robinson (13 September 1886 – 8 February 1975) was a British organic chemist and Nobel laureate recognised in 1947 for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids. In 1947, he also received the Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Robinson is the 34th most popular chemist (up from 105th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 480th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Chemist.

Robert Robinson is most famous for his work in the field of organic chemistry. Robinson's work in this field led to the development of the first synthetic antimalarial drug, chloroquine.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robert Robinson ranks 34 out of 602. Before him are Wilhelm Ostwald, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Hans Adolf Krebs, Otto Wallach, Alexander R. Todd, and Otto Hahn. After him are Henri Moissan, Richard Willstätter, F. Sherwood Rowland, Linus Pauling, Paul Karrer, and Tadeusz Reichstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Robert Robinson ranks 6. Before him are Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, David Ben-Gurion, Alfonso XIII of Spain, Diego Rivera, and Robert Schuman. After him are Manne Siegbahn, Oskar Kokoschka, Béla Kun, Jean Arp, Sergey Kirov, and Mir Osman Ali Khan. Among people deceased in 1975, Robert Robinson ranks 11. Before him are Dmitri Shostakovich, Ivo Andrić, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Umm Kulthum, Aristotle Onassis, and Faisal of Saudi Arabia. After him are Otto Skorzeny, Josephine Baker, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Edward Tatum, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Arnold J. Toynbee.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Robinson ranks 197 out of 8,785. Before him are William of Ockham (1285), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Maggie Smith (1934), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), John Napier (1550), and Paul Dirac (1902). After him are Blackbeard (1680), Ian McKellen (1939), Eric Clapton (1945), Cat Stevens (1948), Saint Patrick (385), and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Robert Robinson ranks 5. Before him are John Dalton (1766), William Ramsay (1852), John Macleod (1876), and Alexander R. Todd (1907). After him are Humphry Davy (1778), Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897), Arthur Harden (1865), Archer Martin (1910), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Frederick Soddy (1877), and Francis William Aston (1877).

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