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George de Hevesy

1885 - 1966

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George Charles de Hevesy (born György Bischitz; Hungarian: Hevesy György Károly; German: Georg Karl von Hevesy; 1 August 1885 – 5 July 1966) was a Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate, recognized in 1943 for his key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study chemical processes such as in the metabolism of animals. He also co-discovered the element hafnium. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George de Hevesy is the 104th most popular chemist (down from 77th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 58th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Chemist.

George de Hevesy was a Hungarian chemist who is most famous for his work in the field of radioactive decay.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, George de Hevesy ranks 104 out of 602. Before him are Arne Tiselius, Stanford Moore, Konrad Emil Bloch, Vincent du Vigneaud, Joseph Black, and Henrik Dam. After him are Paul J. Crutzen, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Paul Hermann Müller, Odd Hassel, Yves Chauvin, and Jacques Monod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, George de Hevesy ranks 17. Before him are George S. Patton, François Mauriac, Hermann Hoth, Julius Streicher, Hugo Boss, and Robert Delaunay. After him are Karen Horney, André Maurois, Ernst Bloch, Umberto Nobile, Ernst Busch, and Heinrich Hoffmann. Among people deceased in 1966, George de Hevesy ranks 15. Before him are Sepp Dietrich, Jean Arp, Sayyid Qutb, Giuseppe Farina, Sergei Korolev, and Frits Zernike. After him are Cemal Gürsel, Felix Steiner, Ken Miles, L. E. J. Brouwer, Montgomery Clift, and Chester W. Nimitz.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, George de Hevesy ranks 52 out of 1,077. Before him are Sándor Kocsis (1929), Ágnes Keleti (1921), Joseph Pulitzer (1847), Ágota Kristóf (1935), László Kubala (1927), and Sándor Márai (1900). After him are John Sigismund Zápolya (1540), Coloman, King of Hungary (1070), Orestes (420), Béla III of Hungary (1148), Avram Hershko (1937), and Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893).

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Among CHEMISTS In Hungary

Among chemists born in Hungary, George de Hevesy ranks 1. After him are Avram Hershko (1937), George Andrew Olah (1927), Katalin Karikó (1955), Mária Telkes (1900), Michael Polanyi (1891), and Elizabeth Roboz Einstein (1904).

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