Chimiste

George Washington Carver

1864 - 1943

George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver, né au début des années 1860 dans la condition d'esclave, dans une plantation proche de Diamond Grove, Missouri, et mort le 5 janvier 1943 à Tuskegee, Alabama, est un botaniste, agronome et inventeur américain. Il a été professeur à l'Institut de Tuskegee, où il a développé des techniques pour prévenir l'épuisement des sols dégradés par la culture intensive du coton dans le Sud des États-Unis. En savoir plus sur Wikipédia

His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2024). George Washington Carver is the 24th most popular chimiste (up from 395th in 2024), the 163rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,847th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Chimiste.

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Among Chimistes

Among chimistes, George Washington Carver ranks 24 out of 602. Before him are August Kekulé, William Ramsay, Adolf Windaus, Ernst Chain, Eduard Buchner, and John Macleod. After him are Fritz Haber, John Fenn, Friedrich Wöhler, Wilhelm Ostwald, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, and Hans Adolf Krebs.

Most Popular Chimistes in Wikipedia

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August Kekulé
1829 - 1896
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 18
William Ramsay
1852 - 1916
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 19
Adolf Windaus
1876 - 1959
HPI: 78.89
Rank: 20
Ernst Chain
1906 - 1979
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 21
Eduard Buchner
1860 - 1917
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 22
John Macleod
1876 - 1935
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 23
George Washington Carver
1864 - 1943
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 24
Fritz Haber
1868 - 1934
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 25
John Fenn
1917 - 2010
HPI: 78.47
Rank: 26
Friedrich Wöhler
1800 - 1882
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 27
Wilhelm Ostwald
1853 - 1932
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 28
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
1742 - 1786
HPI: 78.35
Rank: 29
Hans Adolf Krebs
1900 - 1981
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 30

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, George Washington Carver ranks 5. Before him are Max Weber, Richard Strauss, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Wilhelm Wien. After him are Camille Claudel, Alois Alzheimer, Walther Nernst, Maurice Leblanc, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Hermann Minkowski, and Alfred Hermann Fried. Among people deceased in 1943, George Washington Carver ranks 6. Before him are Nikola Tesla, David Hilbert, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Pieter Zeeman, and Karl Landsteiner. After him are Camille Claudel, Isoroku Yamamoto, Simone Weil, Henrik Pontoppidan, Leslie Howard, and Boris III of Bulgaria.

Others Born in 1864

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Max Weber
SOCIOLOGIST
1864 - 1920
HPI: 87.20
Rank: 1
Richard Strauss
COMPOSER
1864 - 1949
HPI: 80.88
Rank: 2
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
PAINTER
1864 - 1901
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 3
Wilhelm Wien
PHYSICIST
1864 - 1928
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 4
George Washington Carver
CHEMIST
1864 - 1943
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 5
Camille Claudel
SCULPTOR
1864 - 1943
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 6
Alois Alzheimer
PHYSICIAN
1864 - 1915
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 7
Walther Nernst
CHEMIST
1864 - 1941
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 8
Maurice Leblanc
WRITER
1864 - 1941
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 9
Princess Stéphanie of Belgium
POLITICIAN
1864 - 1945
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 10
Hermann Minkowski
MATHEMATICIAN
1864 - 1909
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 11
Alfred Hermann Fried
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1864 - 1921
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 12