CHEMIST

Friedrich Konrad Beilstein

1838 - 1906

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Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (Russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Бейльштейн; 17 February 1838 – 18 October 1906), was a Russian chemist and founder of the famous Handbuch der organischen Chemie (Handbook of Organic Chemistry). The first edition of this work, published in 1881, covered 1,500 compounds in 2,200 pages. This handbook is now known as the Beilstein database. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Konrad Beilstein is the 370th most popular chemist (down from 365th in 2019), the 835th most popular biography from Russia (up from 919th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Russian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein ranks 370 out of 602. Before him are Édouard Herzen, Otto Schott, Peter Waage, Charles Hatchett, Viktor Meyer, and Asima Chatterjee. After him are Morris Travers, Friedrich Stromeyer, Carl Djerassi, Jeremias Benjamin Richter, Andrés Manuel del Río, and Albert Ghiorso.

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Among people born in 1838, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein ranks 50. Before him are Vatroslav Jagić, Joel Asaph Allen, Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Nicolae Grigorescu, John Muir, and Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg. After him are Victoria Woodhull, Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, Jules Dalou, Karl Weyprecht, and Szymon Winawer. Among people deceased in 1906, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein ranks 31. Before him are Étienne Carjat, Prince Albert of Prussia, Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, Giuseppe Giacosa, Mary Putnam Jacobi, and Ernesto Cesàro. After him are Frits Thaulow, Princess Louise of Denmark, Dame Gruev, Vladimir Stasov, Rahime Perestu Sultan, and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein ranks 835 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Korotkov (1874), Anatoli Papanov (1922), Malyuta Skuratov (1600), Pavel Tretyakov (1832), Nikolai Amosov (1913), and Vasily of Kostroma (1241). After him are Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (1827), Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg (1847), Söyembikä of Kazan (1516), Vladimir Ilyushin (1927), Slava Metreveli (1936), and Iona Nikitchenko (1895).

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Among CHEMISTS In Russia

Among chemists born in Russia, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein ranks 12. Before him are Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863), Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899), Nikolay Semyonov (1896), Vladimir Markovnikov (1838), Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (1841), and Alexander Butlerov (1828). After him are Vera Yevstafievna Popova (1867), Julia Lermontova (1847), Constantin Fahlberg (1850), Nikolay Beketov (1827), Alexander Nesmeyanov (1899), and Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann (1861).

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