CHEMIST

Eduard Buchner

1860 - 1917

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Eduard Buchner (German: [ˈeːduaʁt ˈbuːxnɐ] ; 20 May 1860 – 13 August 1917) was a German chemist and zymologist, awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Buchner is the 22nd most popular chemist (up from 24th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Germany (up from 195th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Chemist.

Eduard Buchner was a German chemist who is most famous for his discovery of lactic acid fermentation.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Eduard Buchner ranks 22 out of 602. Before him are Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Raymond Davis Jr., August Kekulé, William Ramsay, Adolf Windaus, and Ernst Chain. After him are John Macleod, George Washington Carver, Fritz Haber, John Fenn, Friedrich Wöhler, and Wilhelm Ostwald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Eduard Buchner ranks 6. Before him are Gustav Mahler, Anton Chekhov, Alphonse Mucha, Klara Hitler, and Theodor Herzl. After him are Raymond Poincaré, Willem Einthoven, Isaac Albéniz, William Jennings Bryan, Niels Ryberg Finsen, and Kanō Jigorō. Among people deceased in 1917, Eduard Buchner ranks 8. Before him are Octave Mirbeau, Auguste Rodin, Mata Hari, Edgar Degas, L. L. Zamenhof, and Liliʻuokalani. After him are Adolf von Baeyer, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Emil von Behring, Emil Theodor Kocher, Edward Burnett Tylor, and Buffalo Bill.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eduard Buchner ranks 147 out of 7,253. Before him are Adolf Windaus (1876), Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Ernst Chain (1906), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Walter Benjamin (1892), and Augustus II the Strong (1670). After him are Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Alfred Wegener (1880), Friedrich Merz (1955), and Friedrich Wöhler (1800).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Eduard Buchner ranks 5. Before him are Emil Fischer (1852), August Kekulé (1829), Adolf Windaus (1876), and Ernst Chain (1906). After him are Friedrich Wöhler (1800), Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742), Hans Adolf Krebs (1900), Otto Hahn (1879), Richard Willstätter (1872), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), and Adolf Butenandt (1903).

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