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William Standish Knowles

1917 - 2012

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William Standish Knowles (June 1, 1917 – June 13, 2012) was an American chemist. He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts. Knowles was one of the recipients of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He split half the prize with Ryōji Noyori for their work in asymmetric synthesis, specifically for his work in hydrogenation reactions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Standish Knowles is the 174th most popular chemist (up from 196th in 2019), the 885th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,212th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Chemist.

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Among chemists, William Standish Knowles ranks 174 out of 602. Before him are Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Derek Barton, Richard F. Heck, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, and Akira Suzuki. After him are Alan J. Heeger, Max Perutz, Robert Curl, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Felix Hoffmann, and Peter J. Ratcliffe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, William Standish Knowles ranks 32. Before him are Anthony Burgess, Donald Davidson, Sidney Sheldon, Leonid Hurwicz, Óscar Romero, and Andrew Huxley. After him are Otto Günsche, Nur Muhammad Taraki, Barry Nelson, Joan Fontaine, Kiro Gligorov, and Mel Ferrer. Among people deceased in 2012, William Standish Knowles ranks 33. Before him are Griselda Blanco, Larry Hagman, Gunnar Sønsteby, Andrew Huxley, Hebe Camargo, and Carlos Fuentes. After him are Sun Myung Moon, Antonio Tabucchi, Robin Gibb, Kiro Gligorov, John Demjanjuk, and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Standish Knowles ranks 885 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Simon (1941), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), Richard Meier (1934), Robert R. Livingston (1746), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), and Don Johnson (1949). After him are Frances E. Allen (1932), Alan J. Heeger (1936), David Koch (1940), Jack Palance (1919), Frederick Reines (1918), and Ray Kroc (1902).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, William Standish Knowles ranks 40. Before him are Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927), Robert W. Holley (1922), Paul D. Boyer (1918), Willard Libby (1908), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), and Richard F. Heck (1931). After him are Alan J. Heeger (1936), Robert Curl (1933), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), Richard R. Schrock (1945), Julius Axelrod (1912), and Paul L. Modrich (1946).

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