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Ernest Solvay

1838 - 1922

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Ernest Gaston Joseph Solvay (French: [sɔlvɛ]; 16 April 1838 – 26 May 1922) was a Belgian chemist, industrialist and philanthropist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Solvay is the 182nd most popular chemist (down from 104th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Chemist.

Ernest Solvay was a Belgian chemist and industrialist. He is most famous for inventing a process to produce sodium carbonate, which is used in the production of glass, paper, soap, and detergents.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ernest Solvay ranks 182 out of 602. Before him are Max Perutz, Robert Curl, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Felix Hoffmann, Peter J. Ratcliffe, and Marcellin Berthelot. After him are Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Sidney Altman, Gerhard Herzberg, Robert Huber, and Louis Nicolas Vauquelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Ernest Solvay ranks 14. Before him are Jan Matejko, Edward W. Morley, Franz Brentano, Luís I of Portugal, Émile Loubet, and Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran. After him are Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Léon Gambetta, Princess Louise of Prussia, Anton Mauve, Arthur Auwers, and Camille Jordan. Among people deceased in 1922, Ernest Solvay ranks 16. Before him are Ernest Shackleton, Djemal Pasha, Hermann Rorschach, Walther Rathenau, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Georges Sorel, Vittorio Monti, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Andrey Markov, Paul Deschanel, and Michael Collins.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ernest Solvay ranks 90 out of 1,190. Before him are Étienne Lenoir (1822), Jacky Ickx (1945), Adrian Willaert (1490), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), and Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1217). After him are Morris (1923), Hubert van Eyck (1366), Matilda of Flanders (1031), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), Jacques Piccard (1922), and Philippe de Champaigne (1602).

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Among CHEMISTS In Belgium

Among chemists born in Belgium, Ernest Solvay ranks 3. Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), and Yves Chauvin (1930). After him are Leo Baekeland (1863), George Sarton (1884), Jean Stas (1813), and Gilbert Stork (1921).

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