John Parr

Person · Open Library

Born

1897-07-19

Died

1914-08-21

Works

27

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

277,387

Total plays

1,932,746

John Parr (born November 18, 1954, Worksop, Nottinghamshire) is a British rock musician who had considerable success in the 80s, having two chart topping hits in the United States. His 'signature song', "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", reached the top 40 in over six different nations and continues to be played worldwide, particularly in support of disabled athletes (the song being written on behalf of Canadian wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen, the 'man in motion'). <a href="https://www.last.fm/m

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

   · 1996 · cited 200,169x

2. Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density

   · 1988 · cited 94,860x

3. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 41,509x

4. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

   · 2000 · cited 36,302x

5. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

   · 2007 · cited 34,187x

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Key dates

Born

19 July 1897

Died

21 August 1914

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Henry

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Place of birth

Church End

Place of death

Obourg

Occupation

soldier

Conflict

World War I

Military branch

British Army

Military rank

military personnel