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Clemens Winkler

1838 - 1904

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Clemens Alexander Winkler (December 26, 1838 – October 8, 1904) was a German chemist who discovered the element germanium in 1886, solidifying Dmitri Mendeleev's theory of periodicity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clemens Winkler is the 337th most popular chemist (down from 319th in 2019), the 1,954th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,958th in 2019) and the 55th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Clemens Winkler ranks 337 out of 602. Before him are Karl Friedrich Mohr, Frederick Abel, François-Marie Raoult, Martin Lowry, Roderick MacKinnon, and Nils Gabriel Sefström. After him are Kristian Birkeland, Erwin Chargaff, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, and Morten P. Meldal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Clemens Winkler ranks 40. Before him are Jean-Paul Laurens, Jules Brunet, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Gustav von Schmoller, Edwin Abbott Abbott, and George William Hill. After him are Henry Sidgwick, Lucien Olivier, Paolo Boselli, Vatroslav Jagić, Joel Asaph Allen, and Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha. Among people deceased in 1904, Clemens Winkler ranks 37. Before him are María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Isabella Bird, Kartini, Antonio Labriola, Isabelle Eberhardt, and Mór Jókai. After him are Herbert von Bismarck, Karl Alfred von Zittel, Wilhelm Marr, Franz von Lenbach, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, and John Brown Gordon.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Clemens Winkler ranks 1,954 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Conrad Dippel (1673), Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1453), Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818), Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785), Julius Dorpmüller (1869), and Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1612). After him are Theo Jörgensmann (1948), Govert Flinck (1615), John Jacob Astor (1763), Manfred Kaltz (1953), Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (930), and Margaret Sambiria (1230).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Clemens Winkler ranks 55. Before him are Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), Leopold Gmelin (1788), Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Andreas Libavius (1555), Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794), and Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806). After him are Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818), Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), Carl Reichenbach (1788), Thomas C. Südhof (1955), Otto Schott (1851), and Viktor Meyer (1848).

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