CHEMIST

Constantin Fahlberg

1850 - 1910

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Constantin Fahlberg (Russian: Константин Фальберг; 22 December 1850 in Tambov – 15 August 1910 in Nassau) was a Russian chemist who discovered the sweet taste of anhydroorthosulphaminebenzoic acid in 1877–78 when analysing the chemical compounds in coal tar at Johns Hopkins University for Professor Ira Remsen (1846–1927, aged 81). Later Fahlberg gave this chemical "body" the trade name Saccharin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Constantin Fahlberg is the 447th most popular chemist (down from 400th in 2019), the 1,287th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,141st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Russian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Constantin Fahlberg ranks 447 out of 602. Before him are Michael Grätzel, Johan Kjeldahl, Carl Remigius Fresenius, Anders Jahan Retzius, Alexander William Williamson, and James Crafts. After him are J. L. B. Smith, Auguste Laurent, Gaston Tissandier, John Tukey, Peter Atkins, and Benjamin List.

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Among people born in 1850, Constantin Fahlberg ranks 71. Before him are Aleksander Gierymski, Anastasia Golovina, Adolf Martens, Woldemar Voigt, Siri von Essen, and Richard Heuberger. After him are Kiyoura Keigo, Ernest von Koerber, Constantin Henriquez, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, John Munro Longyear, and Alfred Pringsheim. Among people deceased in 1910, Constantin Fahlberg ranks 71. Before him are Kurd Lasswitz, Bertalan Székely, Kálmán Mikszáth, Michele Rua, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, and Pedro Montt. After him are Fredrik von Otter, Knut Ångström, Julien Dupré, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, Emil Zuckerkandl, and Tarabai Shinde.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Constantin Fahlberg ranks 1,287 out of 3,761. Before him are Georgy Grechko (1931), Igor Rodionov (1936), Jacob Theodor Klein (1685), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (1962), Viktor Grishin (1914), and Vladimir Basov (1923). After him are Aristarkh Lentulov (1882), Nikolay Ogarev (1813), Oleg Salyukov (1955), Nikolay Cherkasov (1903), Kirill Lavrov (1925), and Viacheslav Fetisov (1958).

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Among CHEMISTS In Russia

Among chemists born in Russia, Constantin Fahlberg ranks 15. Before him are Vladimir Markovnikov (1838), Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (1841), Alexander Butlerov (1828), Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1838), Vera Yevstafievna Popova (1867), and Julia Lermontova (1847). After him are Nikolay Beketov (1827), Alexander Nesmeyanov (1899), Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann (1861), Alexey Favorsky (1860), Nina Andreyeva (1938), and Nikolai Menshutkin (1842).

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