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Albert Niemann

1834 - 1861

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Albert Friedrich Emil Niemann (20 May 1834 – 19 January 1861) was a German chemist. In 1859 — about the same time as Paolo Mantegazza — he isolated cocaine, and he published his finding in 1860. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Niemann is the 431st most popular chemist (down from 399th in 2019), the 3,573rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,229th in 2019) and the 75th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Albert Niemann ranks 431 out of 602. Before him are Claudine Picardet, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Maud Menten, Georges Urbain, Christian Gmelin, and Jacques-Louis Soret. After him are Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Hans Tropsch, Louis Le Chatelier, William Gregor, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, and Felix Hoppe-Seyler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Albert Niemann ranks 58. Before him are Peter Benoit, Petter Adolf Karsten, Julius Reubke, Hugo Schiff, Grigoriy Myasoyedov, and Piet Joubert. After him are John Gilbert Baker, William Chester Minor, Frederick DuCane Godman, Todor Burmov, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Majid bin Said of Zanzibar. Among people deceased in 1861, Albert Niemann ranks 43. Before him are Pierre Berthier, Gabriel Antonio Pereira, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Louis Niedermeyer, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, and Frédéric de Lafresnaye. After him are Johann Andreas Wagner, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Václav Hanka, Antun Mihanović, Peter Georg Bang, and Pierre Bosquet.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albert Niemann ranks 3,575 out of 7,253. Before him are August W. Eichler (1839), Peer Steinbrück (1947), Paul Dessau (1894), Paul von Rusdorf (1385), Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg (1879), and Fritz Szepan (1907). After him are Dieter Hoeneß (1953), Hermann von Stein (1854), Anton Diffring (1916), H.P. Baxxter (1964), Hans-Jürgen Kreische (1947), and Sylvia Nasar (1947).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Albert Niemann ranks 75. Before him are Leonor Michaelis (1875), Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853), Walther Kossel (1888), Carl Graebe (1841), Hugo Schiff (1834), and Christian Gmelin (1792). After him are Felix Hoppe-Seyler (1825), Michael Grätzel (1944), Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818), Benjamin List (1968), Johann Schweigger (1779), and Peter Armbruster (1931).

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