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C. H. D. Buys Ballot

1817 - 1890

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Christophorus Henricus Diedericus Buys Ballot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbœyz bɑˈlɔt]; 10 October 1817 – 3 February 1890) was a Dutch chemist and meteorologist who is the namesake of Buys Ballot's law. He was the first president of the International Meteorological Organization, the organization that would become the World Meteorological Organization. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. C. H. D. Buys Ballot is the 345th most popular chemist (down from 294th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 255th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, C. H. D. Buys Ballot ranks 345 out of 602. Before him are Erwin Chargaff, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Morten P. Meldal, and Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. After him are Carl Reichenbach, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Thomas C. Südhof, Frances Arnold, William Prout, and Louis E. Brus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, C. H. D. Buys Ballot ranks 27. Before him are Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Albert von Kölliker, Jung Bahadur Rana, and Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary. After him are Antonio de Torres Jurado, José Zorrilla, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Karl Vogt, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, and Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. Among people deceased in 1890, C. H. D. Buys Ballot ranks 29. Before him are Lorenz von Stein, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Spotted Elk, Louis Le Prince, Christopher Latham Sholes, and William Gull. After him are Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, Ivan Mažuranić, Camilo Castelo Branco, Vasile Alecsandri, and Ignaz von Döllinger.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, C. H. D. Buys Ballot ranks 307 out of 1,646. Before him are Karel Doorman (1889), Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Esaias van de Velde (1587), Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1622), Jan de Bont (1943), and Frits Bolkestein (1933). After him are Jan van der Heyden (1637), Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633), Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), Herman Snellen (1834), Isaac Titsingh (1745), and Jacobus Oud (1890).

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Among CHEMISTS In Netherlands

Among chemists born in Netherlands, C. H. D. Buys Ballot ranks 4. Before him are Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852), Paul J. Crutzen (1933), and Ben Feringa (1951). After him are Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801), and Albert Kluyver (1888).

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