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Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge

1795 - 1867

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Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (8 February 1794 – 25 March 1867) was a German analytical chemist. Runge identified the mydriatic (pupil dilating) effects of belladonna (deadly nightshade) extract, identified caffeine, and discovered the first coal tar dye (aniline blue). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge is the 344th most popular chemist (down from 283rd in 2019), the 2,042nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,536th in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge ranks 344 out of 602. Before him are Kristian Birkeland, Erwin Chargaff, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, and Morten P. Meldal. After him are C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Carl Reichenbach, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Thomas C. Südhof, Frances Arnold, and William Prout.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge ranks 23. Before him are Alexander Griboyedov, John William Polidori, Hadji Murad, Anselme Payen, Vincent Pallotti, and Heinrich Marschner. After him are James Barry, Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria, Johns Hopkins, Augustin Thierry, Peter Andreas Hansen, and Antoine-Louis Barye. Among people deceased in 1867, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge ranks 25. Before him are Peter von Cornelius, Giovanni Pacini, Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, and Archduchess Mathilda of Austria. After him are Miguel Miramón, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Faustin Soulouque, Takasugi Shinsaku, Jean Pierre Flourens, and Armand Trousseau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge ranks 2,043 out of 7,253. Before him are Axel Springer (1912), Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1909), Lotte Reiniger (1899), Klaus Augenthaler (1957), Hinrich Lohse (1896), and Dieter Schwarz (1939). After him are Christian the Younger of Brunswick (1599), Hieronymus Wolf (1516), Menahem Pressler (1923), Reinhard Keiser (1674), Veit Harlan (1899), and Johann Trollmann (1907).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge ranks 57. Before him are Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Andreas Libavius (1555), Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794), Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806), Clemens Winkler (1838), and Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818). After him are Carl Reichenbach (1788), Thomas C. Südhof (1955), Otto Schott (1851), Viktor Meyer (1848), Friedrich Stromeyer (1776), and Hermann von Fehling (1812).

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