Alexander William Williamson
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1824
- Died
- 1904
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Suggestions for the dynamics of chemistry derived from the theory of etherification
- Invasion invited by the defenceless state of England
- A plea for pure science
- Chemistry for students
- Chemistry for students
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 63,006x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,115x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,848x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,680x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,579x
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Quotes
- “The question whether our elementary atoms are in their nature indivisible, or whether they are built up of smaller particles, is one upon which I, as a chemist, have no hold whatever, and I may say that in chemistry the question is not raised by any evidence whatever.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Williamson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Hindhead
- Occupation
- chemist
- Educated at
- Heidelberg University
- Employer
- University College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Leopold Gmelin
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Portrait of Alexander William Williamson Wellcome M0009849.jpg
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- date of birth
- 1824-05-01
- date of death
- 1904-05-06
- Commons category
- Alexander Williamson
- place of burial
- Brookwood Cemetery
- P8168
- budō
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