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Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein

1740 - 1825

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Franz-Joseph Müller, Freiherr von Reichenstein or Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1 July 1740 or 4 October 1742 – 12 October 1825 or 1826) was an Austrian mineralogist and mining engineer. Müller held several positions in the Habsburg monarchy administration of mines and coinage in the Banat, Transylvania, and Tyrol. During his time in Transylvania he discovered tellurium in 1782. In his later career he became a member of the imperial council in Vienna and was knighted and elevated to the rank Freiherr in 1820. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein is the 308th most popular chemist (up from 324th in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from Austria (up from 446th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein ranks 308 out of 602. Before him are Thomas Cech, Germain Henri Hess, Antoine Baumé, Alexandre Brongniart, Kaoru Ishikawa, and Kamala Sohonie. After him are Andreas Libavius, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, William Henry, Fritz London, and Anselme Payen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein ranks 10. Before him are Giovanni Paisiello, Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Jeanne Baret, Johann van Beethoven, and Carl Michael Bellman. After him are Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, John Sullivan, Giambattista Bodoni, John Latham, and Johann Jacob Schweppe. Among people deceased in 1825, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein ranks 16. Before him are Henry Fuseli, Jean Paul, Dmitry Bortniansky, Laskarina Bouboulina, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, and Vivant Denon. After him are Mikhail Miloradovich, Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Karl Mollweide, and Anna Laetitia Barbauld.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein ranks 352 out of 1,424. Before him are Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632), Toni Sailer (1935), Ernst Krenek (1900), Paul Wittgenstein (1887), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), and Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347). After him are Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (1249), Franz Jonas (1899), Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), and Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (1226).

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Among CHEMISTS In Austria

Among chemists born in Austria, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein ranks 7. Before him are Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865), Fritz Pregl (1869), Richard Kuhn (1900), Max Perutz (1914), Martin Karplus (1930), and Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858). After him are Carl Djerassi (1923), and Ida Freund (1863).

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