CHEMIST

Ascanio Sobrero

1812 - 1888

Ascanio Sobrero

Ascanio Sobrero (12 October 1812 – 26 May 1888) was an Italian chemist, born in Casale Monferrato. He studied under Théophile-Jules Pelouze at the University of Turin, who had worked with the explosive material guncotton. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ascanio Sobrero is the 282nd most popular chemist (down from 172nd in 2019), the 1,435th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,099th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Chemist.

Ascanio sobrero is most famous for being the first Spanish-language novel published in the Americas. The novel is written by Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, a soldier and poet who was born in Chile.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ascanio Sobrero ranks 282 out of 602. Before him are Akira Yoshino, Paul Ulrich Villard, Martin Karplus, Thomas Graham, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, and André-Louis Debierne. After him are Carl Auer von Welsbach, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Richard J. Roberts, Locusta, and Satoshi Ōmura.

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1860 - 1934
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Satoshi Ōmura
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Ascanio Sobrero ranks 16. Before him are Maria Cristina of Savoy, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Moses Hess, Sigismond Thalberg, and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen. After him are Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, Alfred Krupp, Robert Browning, Pertevniyal Sultan, Paul Abadie, and Natalia Pushkina. Among people deceased in 1888, Ascanio Sobrero ranks 18. Before him are Anton Mauve, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Paul Langerhans, Johannes Zukertort, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and Theodor Storm. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Auguste Maquet, Ali Rıza Efendi, Jean-Marie Guyau, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, and Mary Jane Kelly.

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Maria Cristina of Savoy
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1812 - 1836
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 10
Mirza Fatali Akhundov
WRITER
1812 - 1878
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 11
Amélie of Leuchtenberg
COMPANION
1812 - 1873
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 12
Moses Hess
PHILOSOPHER
1812 - 1875
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 13
Sigismond Thalberg
COMPOSER
1812 - 1871
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 14
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
WRITER
1812 - 1885
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 15
Ascanio Sobrero
CHEMIST
1812 - 1888
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 16
Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde
POLITICIAN
1812 - 1841
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Rank: 17
Alfred Krupp
INVENTOR
1812 - 1887
HPI: 66.09
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Robert Browning
WRITER
1812 - 1889
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Rank: 19
Pertevniyal Sultan
POLITICIAN
1812 - 1883
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Paul Abadie
ARCHITECT
1812 - 1884
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 21
Natalia Pushkina
COMPANION
1812 - 1863
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 22

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Anton Mauve
PAINTER
1838 - 1888
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 12
Charles-Valentin Alkan
MUSICIAN
1813 - 1888
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 13
Paul Langerhans
POLITICIAN
1847 - 1888
HPI: 67.36
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Johannes Zukertort
CHESS PLAYER
1842 - 1888
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 15
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1888
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 16
Theodor Storm
WRITER
1817 - 1888
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Rank: 17
Ascanio Sobrero
CHEMIST
1812 - 1888
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 18
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen
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1818 - 1888
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 19
Auguste Maquet
WRITER
1813 - 1888
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 20
Ali Rıza Efendi
POLITICIAN
1839 - 1888
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 21
Jean-Marie Guyau
PHILOSOPHER
1854 - 1888
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Rank: 22
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
PSYCHOLOGIST
1846 - 1888
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 23
Mary Jane Kelly
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1863 - 1888
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 24

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ascanio Sobrero ranks 1,435 out of 5,161. Before him are Odoric of Pordenone (1286), Giovanni Boldini (1842), Ludovico Manin (1725), Giovanni Villani (1276), Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566), and Enrico Berlinguer (1922). After him are Cennino Cennini (1360), Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan (1009), Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1698), Riccardo Broschi (1698), Flavio Biondo (1388), and Adolfo Celi (1922).

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Odoric of Pordenone
WRITER
1286 - 1331
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Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi
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1566 - 1607
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Enrico Berlinguer
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