CHEMIST

André-Louis Debierne

1874 - 1949

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André-Louis Debierne (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe lwi dəbjɛʁn]; 14 July 1874 – 31 August 1949) was a French chemist. He is often considered the discoverer of the element actinium, though H. W. Kirby disputed this in 1971 and gave credit instead to German chemist Friedrich Oskar Giesel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André-Louis Debierne is the 281st most popular chemist (up from 295th in 2019), the 1,478th most popular biography from France (up from 1,808th in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, André-Louis Debierne ranks 281 out of 602. Before him are Ben Feringa, Akira Yoshino, Paul Ulrich Villard, Martin Karplus, Thomas Graham, and Heinrich Gustav Magnus. After him are Ascanio Sobrero, Carl Auer von Welsbach, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Richard J. Roberts, and Locusta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, André-Louis Debierne ranks 47. Before him are Reynaldo Hahn, Charles Lightoller, Charles Ives, Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, and Auguste Perret. After him are Reginald Johnston, Otto Mueller, Owen D. Young, Serge Koussevitzky, Theodore Lyman IV, and Ellery Harding Clark. Among people deceased in 1949, André-Louis Debierne ranks 37. Before him are Solomon R. Guggenheim, László Rajk, Sarojini Naidu, Nikola Zhekov, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Harry Stack Sullivan. After him are Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, Henry McMahon, Valentino Mazzola, José Clemente Orozco, John Haigh, and Béla Balázs.

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In France

Among people born in France, André-Louis Debierne ranks 1,478 out of 6,770. Before him are Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709), Louis, Count of Vendôme (1376), Germaine Tailleferre (1892), Édouard Herriot (1872), Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894), and Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401). After him are Catherine Spaak (1945), Bernard Tapie (1943), Jean Chacornac (1823), Louis Jourdan (1921), Jean-Luc Nancy (1940), and Maurice Barrès (1862).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, André-Louis Debierne ranks 28. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800), Louis Jacques Thénard (1777), Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Nicolas Leblanc (1742), Luis Federico Leloir (1906), and Paul Ulrich Villard (1860). After him are Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Bernard Courtois (1777), Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755), Antoine Baumé (1728), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), and Anselme Payen (1795).

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