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Stanley Miller

1930 - 2007

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Stanley Lloyd Miller (March 7, 1930 – May 20, 2007) was an American chemist who made important experiments concerning the origin of life by demonstrating that a wide range of vital organic compounds can be synthesized by fairly simple chemical processes from inorganic substances. In 1952 he performed the Miller–Urey experiment, which showed that complex organic molecules could be synthesised from inorganic precursors. The experiment was widely reported, and provided evidence for the idea that the chemical evolution of the early Earth had caused the natural synthesis of organic compounds from inanimate inorganic molecules. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Miller is the 230th most popular chemist (down from 183rd in 2019), the 1,322nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,131st in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Chemist.

Stanley Miller is most famous for his work in the 1950s in which he attempted to recreate the conditions of the early Earth. He did this by passing an electric current through a mixture of water, methane, ammonia, and hydrogen. The experiment produced a variety of organic molecules, including amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins.

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Among chemists, Stanley Miller ranks 230 out of 602. Before him are Joachim Frank, Hartmut Michel, John Vane, William Hyde Wollaston, Richard Abegg, and Ignacy Mościcki. After him are James B. Conant, Stanislao Cannizzaro, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, John Frederic Daniell, John Pople, and Johann Josef Loschmidt.

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Among people born in 1930, Stanley Miller ranks 75. Before him are Robert Wagner, Ivan Silayev, William R. Pogue, Mary Quant, Adunis, and Moustapha Akkad. After him are Gaafar Nimeiry, Sonia Rykiel, Jean Rochefort, Luce Irigaray, Zhores Alferov, and David Dacko. Among people deceased in 2007, Stanley Miller ranks 40. Before him are Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Ryszard Kapuściński, Abdul Rahman Arif, Alan MacDiarmid, Paul Lauterbur, and Richard Rorty. After him are Jane Wyman, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Henri Troyat, Arawa Kimura, Momofuku Ando, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stanley Miller ranks 1,322 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerry Lawler (1949), Forest Whitaker (1961), Big Show (1972), Martha Graham (1894), Edward Charles Pickering (1846), and Michael Kors (1959). After him are Laurence Fishburne (1961), Virginia Satir (1916), Jennifer Jones (1919), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Helen Wills (1905), and James B. Conant (1893).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Stanley Miller ranks 54. Before him are Wallace Carothers (1896), Donald J. Cram (1919), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Karl Barry Sharpless (1941), and Paul Lauterbur (1929). After him are James B. Conant (1893), Walter Gilbert (1932), Kary Mullis (1944), Richard Smalley (1943), Carolyn R. Bertozzi (1966), and Alfred G. Gilman (1941).

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