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Alexander Butlerov

1828 - 1886

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Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Бу́тлеров; 15 September 1828 – 17 August 1886) was a Russian chemist, one of the principal creators of the theory of chemical structure (1857–1861), the first to incorporate double bonds into structural formulas, the discoverer of hexamine (1859), the discoverer of formaldehyde (1859) and the discoverer of the formose reaction (1861). He first proposed the idea of possible tetrahedral arrangement of valence bonds in carbon compounds in 1862. The crater Butlerov on the Moon is named after him. In 1956 the Academy of Sciences of the USSR established the A. M. Butlerov Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Butlerov is the 322nd most popular chemist (down from 291st in 2019), the 570th most popular biography from Russia (down from 535th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Alexander Butlerov ranks 322 out of 602. Before him are Aziz Sancar, Yuan T. Lee, Michael Smith, William Henry Perkin, Dan Shechtman, and Tapputi. After him are Charles Friedel, Roger Y. Tsien, Torbern Bergman, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, Louis Camille Maillard, and Kazimierz Fajans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Alexander Butlerov ranks 21. Before him are Albert of Saxony, Louise of the Netherlands, John Langdon Down, Joseph Swan, Paul Gachet, and Edmond François Valentin About. After him are Friedrich Albert Lange, Charles de Freycinet, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Iosif Gurko, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, and George Meredith. Among people deceased in 1886, Alexander Butlerov ranks 19. Before him are Prince Louis, Count of Trani, Lydia Koidula, Karl von Piloty, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Charles Francis Adams Sr., and Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich. After him are Theodor von Oppolzer, Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, Adolphe Monticelli, Charles Lwanga, Jules Jamin, and Marco Minghetti.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Butlerov ranks 570 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Ge (1831), Anund Gårdske (1004), Viktor Abakumov (1908), Sergey Akhromeyev (1923), Alexander von Middendorff (1815), and Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (1798). After him are Matvei Zakharov (1898), Vyacheslav Menzhinsky (1874), Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825), Valeri Kubasov (1935), Konstantin Makovsky (1839), and Nikolai Golitsyn (1850).

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Among CHEMISTS In Russia

Among chemists born in Russia, Alexander Butlerov ranks 11. Before him are Valery Legasov (1936), Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863), Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899), Nikolay Semyonov (1896), Vladimir Markovnikov (1838), and Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (1841). After him are Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1838), Vera Yevstafievna Popova (1867), Julia Lermontova (1847), Constantin Fahlberg (1850), Nikolay Beketov (1827), and Alexander Nesmeyanov (1899).

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