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Alexander Fleming

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Nobel Prize Scotland Medicine Microbiology

9.1 Brilliant

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J. J. Thomson

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Physics Academic England Nobel Prize

8.9 Excellent

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Francis Crick

Francis Crick was a British molecular biologist instrumental in understanding the building blocks of life. His work alon...

Nobel Prize Biology 20TH Century Historical

8.9 Excellent

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James Watson

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Nobel Prize Biology 20TH Century Pioneer

8.8 Excellent

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Pierre Curie

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Physics Research Nobel Prize Radioactivity

8.7 Excellent

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Santiago Ramon y Cajal

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8.7 Excellent

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Frederick Banting

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Nobel Prize Medicine Canada 20TH Century

8.6 Excellent

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Norman Borlaug

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Nobel Prize Agriculture 20TH Century Historical

8.6 Excellent

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Dorothy Hodgkin

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Nobel Prize Chemistry 20TH Century Crystallography

8.5 Excellent

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Austria Detailed Nobel Prize 21ST Century

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Rita Levi-Montalcini

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Nobel Prize Italy 20TH Century Pioneer

7.9 Very Good

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Charles Sherrington

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7.9 Very Good

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Brenda Milner

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Detailed Academic Canada 20TH Century

7.8 Very Good

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Torsten Wiesel

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Sweden Research Academic Nobel Prize

7.7 Very Good

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Roger Sperry

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Nobel Prize 20TH Century Experimental Pioneer

7.7 Very Good

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Peter Medawar

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Academic Nobel Prize Medicine 20TH Century

7.6 Very Good

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Andrew Huxley

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England Nobel Prize 20TH Century Scientific Research

7.6 Very Good

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John Eccles

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Academic Australia Nobel Prize 20TH Century

7.5 Very Good

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Bernard Katz

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Detailed Academic Nobel Prize 20TH Century

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Henry Dale

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Academic England Nobel Prize 20TH Century

7.3 Very Good