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Ferdinand Reich

1799 - 1882

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Ferdinand Reich (19 February 1799 – 27 April 1882) was a German chemist who co-discovered indium in 1863 with Hieronymous Theodor Richter. Reich was born in Bernburg, Anhalt-Bernburg, Holy Roman Empire and died in Freiberg. He was color blind, or could only see in whites and blacks, and that is why Theodor Richter became his science partner. Richter would examine the colors produced in reactions that they studied. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Reich is the 396th most popular chemist (down from 394th in 2019), the 3,059th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,172nd in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ferdinand Reich ranks 396 out of 602. Before him are Mathieu Orfila, Heinrich Rose, Nicolas Lemery, Fausto Elhuyar, Maclyn McCarty, and Adolph Frank. After him are Eric Betzig, Jennifer Doudna, Koichi Tanaka, Otto Ambros, Leo Sternbach, and Julia Lermontova.

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Among people born in 1799, Ferdinand Reich ranks 31. Before him are Ignaz von Döllinger, Duchess Amelia of Württemberg, Countess of Ségur, Ludwig Rellstab, Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, and Jedediah Smith. After him are Henri Druey, Tanaka Hisashige, François-Auguste Biard, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, Duchess Marie of Württemberg, and Manuel Bulnes. Among people deceased in 1882, Ferdinand Reich ranks 46. Before him are Johann Benedict Listing, Đuro Daničić, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Georges Leclanché, John Scott Russell, and Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann. After him are Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Thomas Romney Robinson, Friedrich von Lütke, Charles J. Guiteau, Carl Robert Jakobson, and Giovanni Lanza.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand Reich ranks 3,061 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927), Solomon Perel (1925), Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884), Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1870), Heinrich Schrader (1767), and Justinus Kerner (1786). After him are Manfred Winkelhock (1951), Ewald Hering (1834), Christoph von Dohnányi (1929), Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1800), Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843), and Wolfgang Preiss (1910).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Ferdinand Reich ranks 67. Before him are Viktor Meyer (1848), Friedrich Stromeyer (1776), Hermann von Fehling (1812), Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877), Heinrich Rose (1795), and Adolph Frank (1834). After him are Otto Ambros (1901), Leonor Michaelis (1875), Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853), Walther Kossel (1888), Carl Graebe (1841), and Hugo Schiff (1834).

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