CHEMIST

Friedrich Sertürner

1783 - 1841

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Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʔaːdam ˈzɛʁtʏʁnɐ]; 19 June 1783 – 20 February 1841) was a German pharmacist and a pioneer of alkaloid chemistry. He is best known for his discovery of morphine, which he isolated from opium in 1804, and for conducting tests, including on himself, to evaluate its physiological effects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Sertürner is the 242nd most popular chemist (down from 211th in 2019), the 1,012th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,120th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Friedrich Sertürner ranks 242 out of 602. Before him are Johann Josef Loschmidt, Hideki Shirakawa, Louis Jacques Thénard, Charles J. Pedersen, Hennig Brand, and Antoine Jérôme Balard. After him are Nicolas Leblanc, Walter Gilbert, Arieh Warshel, Henri Victor Regnault, Luis Federico Leloir, and Mario J. Molina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Friedrich Sertürner ranks 9. Before him are Hortense de Beauharnais, Washington Irving, Agustín de Iturbide, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Vasily Zhukovsky, and Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia. After him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Hugh Glass, Catharina of Württemberg, and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Among people deceased in 1841, Friedrich Sertürner ranks 10. Before him are William Henry Harrison, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Caroline of Baden, George Green, and Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno. After him are Johan August Arfwedson, Félix Savart, John Forsyth, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, and Ferdinando Carulli.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Sertürner ranks 1,012 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Georg Ratzinger (1924), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), Erich Kempka (1910), Eva Hesse (1936), and Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174). After him are Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Zwentibold (870), Gustav Radbruch (1878), and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Friedrich Sertürner ranks 41. Before him are Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Georg Ernst Stahl (1659), Joachim Frank (1940), Hartmut Michel (1948), August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), and Hennig Brand (1630). After him are Henri Victor Regnault (1810), John Polanyi (1929), Fritz Strassmann (1902), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Franz Karl Achard (1753), and Joachim Sauer (1949).

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