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Friedrich Stromeyer

1776 - 1835

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Friedrich Stromeyer FRS(For) FRSE (2 August 1776 – 18 August 1835) was a German chemist. He was the discoverer of cadmium. From 1982, the Friedrich Stromeyer Prize has been awarded for chemical achievement in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Stromeyer is the 372nd most popular chemist (up from 382nd in 2019), the 2,633rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,915th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Friedrich Stromeyer ranks 372 out of 602. Before him are Peter Waage, Charles Hatchett, Viktor Meyer, Asima Chatterjee, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, and Morris Travers. After him are Carl Djerassi, Jeremias Benjamin Richter, Andrés Manuel del Río, Albert Ghiorso, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, and Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Friedrich Stromeyer ranks 23. Before him are Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Simon Fraser, Vasily Tropinin, Peter Barlow, and Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh. After him are Jean Lafitte, Joseph Görres, Vasily Golovnin, Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, Karl Friedrich Burdach, and Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel. Among people deceased in 1835, Friedrich Stromeyer ranks 15. Before him are Izabela Czartoryska, Alexander McDonnell, Guillaume Dupuytren, John Nash, François Étienne de Kellermann, and August von Platen-Hallermünde. After him are John Marshall, Franz von Paula Schrank, Julius Klaproth, Archduke Anton Victor of Austria, Gian Domenico Romagnosi, and Jan Rustem.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Stromeyer ranks 2,634 out of 7,253. Before him are Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906), Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802), Gisèle Freund (1908), Poppo von Osterna (1200), Roger Schmidt (1967), and John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony (1529). After him are Rolf Hochhuth (1931), Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1899), Sami Khedira (1987), Gisela Mauermayer (1913), Herms Niel (1888), and C. W. Ceram (1915).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Friedrich Stromeyer ranks 62. Before him are Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818), Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), Carl Reichenbach (1788), Thomas C. Südhof (1955), Otto Schott (1851), and Viktor Meyer (1848). After him are Hermann von Fehling (1812), Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877), Heinrich Rose (1795), Adolph Frank (1834), Ferdinand Reich (1799), and Otto Ambros (1901).

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