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Ronald George Wreyford Norrish

1897 - 1978

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Ronald George Wreyford Norrish FRS (9 November 1897 – 7 June 1978) was a British chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ronald George Wreyford Norrish is the 163rd most popular chemist (down from 132nd in 2019), the 589th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 564th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish ranks 163 out of 602. Before him are Feodor Lynen, Antoni Grabowski, Katalin Karikó, Ei-ichi Negishi, Georg Wittig, and Edmond H. Fischer. After him are Bengt I. Samuelsson, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Willard Libby, John E. Walker, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and Robert Bruce Merrifield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish ranks 33. Before him are Kurt Schuschnigg, Norbert Elias, Enid Blyton, Pola Negri, Georg Wittig, and Kurt Daluege. After him are Karl-Otto Koch, Soong Mei-ling, Janaki Ammal, Karl Gebhardt, Otto Strasser, and Jimmie Rodgers. Among people deceased in 1978, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish ranks 23. Before him are Jack L. Warner, Anastas Mikoyan, Ricardo Zamora, Umberto Nobile, Margaret Mead, and John Cazale. After him are Kurt Student, Ronnie Peterson, Willy Messerschmitt, Jomo Kenyatta, Houari Boumédiène, and Hasso von Manteuffel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish ranks 589 out of 8,785. Before him are A. J. Cronin (1896), William Petty (1623), Joan of the Tower (1321), Edward the Confessor (1003), Jack Phillips (1887), and George Green (1793). After him are Margot Fonteyn (1919), William Byrd (1543), Alexander Pope (1688), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), Christopher Nolan (1970), and Richard Williamson (1940).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish ranks 21. Before him are Frederick Sanger (1918), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), William Crookes (1832), George Porter (1920), and Harry Kroto (1939). After him are Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), John E. Walker (1941), Derek Barton (1918), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), and Herbert C. Brown (1912).

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