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Friedrich Bergius

1884 - 1949

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Friedrich Karl Rudolf Bergius (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈbɛʁɡi̯ʊs] , 11 October 1884 – 30 March 1949) was a German chemist known for the Bergius process for producing synthetic fuel from coal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1931, together with Carl Bosch) in recognition of contributions to the invention and development of chemical high-pressure methods. Having worked with IG Farben during World War II, his citizenship came into question following the war, causing him to ultimately flee to Argentina, where he acted as adviser to the Ministry of Industry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Bergius is the 84th most popular chemist (down from 48th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Poland (up from 86th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Chemist.

Friedrich Bergius is most famous for his work in the field of organic chemistry. He was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1931. His work focused on the chemical reactions of hydrogen and carbon.

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Among chemists, Friedrich Bergius ranks 84 out of 602. Before him are Albert Hofmann, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Jan Baptist van Helmont, Frederick Sanger, Carl Bosch, and Robert S. Mulliken. After him are Hans Fischer, James B. Sumner, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, J. D. Bernal, Ernst Otto Fischer, and Thomas Midgley Jr..

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Among people born in 1884, Friedrich Bergius ranks 17. Before him are Max Brod, Walther von Reichenau, Claude Auchinleck, Anton Drexler, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, and Theodor Heuss. After him are Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Theodor Svedberg, Franz Halder, Gaston Bachelard, Yevgeny Zamyatin, and Hermann Rorschach. Among people deceased in 1949, Friedrich Bergius ranks 10. Before him are George Gurdjieff, Georgi Dimitrov, Edward Thorndike, Leonard Bloomfield, Kim Jong-suk, and Margaret Mitchell. After him are Hassan al-Banna, James Ensor, August Krogh, Louis II, Prince of Monaco, Charles Ponzi, and Klaus Mann.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Friedrich Bergius ranks 69 out of 1,694. Before him are Ferdinand Lassalle (1825), Irena Sendler (1910), Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), Gustav Fechner (1801), and John II Casimir Vasa (1609). After him are Andrzej Wajda (1926), Christian Wolff (1679), Emil von Behring (1854), Yitzhak Shamir (1915), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), and Werner von Blomberg (1878).

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Among CHEMISTS In Poland

Among chemists born in Poland, Friedrich Bergius ranks 5. Before him are Fritz Haber (1868), Tadeusz Reichstein (1897), Walther Nernst (1864), and Kurt Alder (1902). After him are Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), Casimir Funk (1884), Antoni Grabowski (1857), Clara Immerwahr (1870), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Richard Abegg (1869), and Ignacy Mościcki (1867).

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