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Albert Eschenmoser

1925 - 2023

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Albert Jakob Eschenmoser (5 August 1925 – 14 July 2023) was a Swiss organic chemist, best known for his work on the synthesis of complex heterocyclic natural compounds, most notably vitamin B12. In addition to his significant contributions to the field of organic synthesis, Eschenmoser pioneered work in the Origins of Life (OoL) field with work on the synthetic pathways of artificial nucleic acids. Before retiring in 2009, Eschenmoser held tenured teaching positions at the ETH Zurich and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California as well as visiting professorships at the University of Chicago, Cambridge University, and Harvard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Eschenmoser is the 516th most popular chemist (down from 485th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 489th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swiss Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Albert Eschenmoser ranks 516 out of 602. Before him are William Hallowes Miller, Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, Luis E. Miramontes, Zdenko Hans Skraup, Jacob Volhard, and Heinrich Caro. After him are Alexey Favorsky, David MacMillan, Omowunmi Sadik, Nina Andreyeva, Bruce Ames, and James Smithson.

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Among people born in 1925, Albert Eschenmoser ranks 364. Before him are Klara Luchko, Medgar Evers, Borislav Stanković, Pyotr Todorovsky, Asunción Balaguer, and Mahmoud Fayad. After him are Jimmy Reed, Gunther Schuller, Ritwik Ghatak, Tomisaku Kawasaki, Bernard Morel, and Phillip V. Tobias. Among people deceased in 2023, Albert Eschenmoser ranks 373. Before him are Irina Miroshnichenko, Giovanni Lodetti, Domingo Perurena, Fathima Beevi, Karol J. Bobko, and Remigijus Valiulis. After him are Bob Barker, Fay Weldon, Aracy Balabanian, Peter Brötzmann, Bernard Morel, and Heinrich Messner.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Albert Eschenmoser ranks 527 out of 1,015. Before him are Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802), Giuseppe Lepori (1902), Eugen Meier (1930), James of Saint George (1230), Severino Minelli (1909), and Walter Steiner (1951). After him are Walter Weiler (1903), Roger Bocquet (1921), Ernst Wetter (1877), Pipilotti Rist (1962), Walter Wild (1872), and Hans Gerschwiler (1920).

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Among CHEMISTS In Switzerland

Among chemists born in Switzerland, Albert Eschenmoser ranks 12. Before him are Jacques Dubochet (1942), Germain Henri Hess (1802), Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817), Victor Goldschmidt (1888), and Jacques-Louis Soret (1827). After him are Marc Delafontaine (1838).

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