CHEMIST

Fritz Strassmann

1902 - 1980

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Friedrich Wilhelm Strassmann (German: [fʁɪt͡s ˈʃtʁasˌman] ; 22 February 1902 – 22 April 1980) was a German chemist who, with Otto Hahn in December 1938, identified the element barium as a product of the bombardment of uranium with neutrons. Their observation was the key piece of evidence necessary to identify the previously unknown phenomenon of nuclear fission, as was subsequently recognized and published by Lise Meitner and Robert Frisch. In their second publication on nuclear fission in February 1939, Strassmann and Hahn predicted the existence and liberation of additional neutrons during the fission process, opening up the possibility of a nuclear chain reaction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Strassmann is the 262nd most popular chemist (down from 108th in 2019), the 1,149th most popular biography from Germany (down from 623rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular German Chemist.

Fritz Strassmann is most famous for his work with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, in which they first discovered nuclear fission.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Fritz Strassmann ranks 262 out of 602Before him are Mária Telkes, Ida Noddack, Alfred G. Gilman, Vladimir Markovnikov, Stephanie Kwolek, and John Polanyi. After him are Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Martin Rodbell, Dudley R. Herschbach, Edwin G. Krebs, Emil Erlenmeyer, and Fraser Stoddart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Fritz Strassmann ranks 54Before him are Ryuzo Shimizu, George Ostrogorsky, Luis Barragán, Mohammad Hatta, Gianpiero Combi, and Lúcio Costa. After him are Carlo Levi, Nordahl Grieg, Carlo Gambino, Mitsuo Fuchida, David O. Selznick, and Josep Samitier. Among people deceased in 1980, Fritz Strassmann ranks 52Before him are Gustav Wagner, Lewis Milestone, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Mae West, Tadao Takayama, and Mohammad Hatta. After him are Yigal Allon, Heinz Linge, Ludwig Guttmann, Patrick Depailler, Seretse Khama, and Vinicius de Moraes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Fritz Strassmann ranks 1,149 out of 7,253Before him are Oskar Lafontaine (1943), Lale Andersen (1905), Hans Oster (1887), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), and Erich Auerbach (1892). After him are Friedrich Dollmann (1882), Ernst Albrecht (1930), Sibylle of Cleves (1512), Emil Jellinek (1853), Adam Elsheimer (1578), and Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759).

Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Fritz Strassmann ranks 44Before him are Hartmut Michel (1948), August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), Hennig Brand (1630), Friedrich Sertürner (1783), Henri Victor Regnault (1810), and John Polanyi (1929). After him are Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Franz Karl Achard (1753), Joachim Sauer (1949), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), and Leopold Gmelin (1788).