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Emil Erlenmeyer

1825 - 1909

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Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer (28 June 1825 – 22 January 1909), known simply as Emil Erlenmeyer, was a German chemist known for contributing to the early development of the theory of chemical structure and formulating the Erlenmeyer rule. He also designed the Erlenmeyer flask, a specialized apparatus ubiquitous in chemistry laboratories, which is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Erlenmeyer is the 267th most popular chemist (down from 189th in 2019), the 1,193rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,005th in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Chemist.

Emil Erlenmeyer is most famous for inventing the Erlenmeyer flask.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Emil Erlenmeyer ranks 267 out of 602. Before him are John Polanyi, Fritz Strassmann, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Martin Rodbell, Dudley R. Herschbach, and Edwin G. Krebs. After him are Fraser Stoddart, Franz Karl Achard, Elias James Corey, Georg Brandt, Rudolph A. Marcus, and Joachim Sauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Emil Erlenmeyer ranks 15. Before him are Charles Garnier, Charles Frederick Worth, Paul Kruger, Henry Walter Bates, Eduard Hanslick, and Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria. After him are Marie of Prussia, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Nubar Pasha, Sher Ali Khan, Henri Giffard, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Among people deceased in 1909, Emil Erlenmeyer ranks 17. Before him are Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Besarion Jughashvili, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, and Francisco Ferrer. After him are Carlos, Duke of Madrid, Felice Beato, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Arnold Janssen, Red Cloud, and Paul Gachet.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Emil Erlenmeyer ranks 1,193 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Rosenzweig (1886), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Horst Tappert (1923), Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526), and Conrad II of Italy (1074). After him are Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (1810), Severinus of Noricum (410), Godfrey Kneller (1646), Josef Harpe (1887), Carsten Niebuhr (1733), and Manuel Neuer (1986).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Emil Erlenmeyer ranks 45. Before him are August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), Hennig Brand (1630), Friedrich Sertürner (1783), Henri Victor Regnault (1810), John Polanyi (1929), and Fritz Strassmann (1902). After him are Franz Karl Achard (1753), Joachim Sauer (1949), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), Leopold Gmelin (1788), and Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799).

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