CHEMIST

Germain Henri Hess

1802 - 1850

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Germain Henri Hess (Russian: Герман Иванович Гесс, romanized: German Ivanovich Gess; 7 August 1802 – 12 December [O.S. 30 November] 1850) was a Swiss-Russian chemist and doctor who formulated Hess' law, an early principle of thermochemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Germain Henri Hess is the 303rd most popular chemist (down from 181st in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 101st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Chemist.

Germain Henri Hess is most famous for his contributions to the field of chemistry, specifically the discovery of the law of conservation of mass.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Germain Henri Hess ranks 303 out of 602. Before him are Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, Carl Gustaf Mosander, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Rasmus Bartholin, and Thomas Cech. After him are Antoine Baumé, Alexandre Brongniart, Kaoru Ishikawa, Kamala Sohonie, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, and Andreas Libavius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Germain Henri Hess ranks 20. Before him are Alcide d'Orbigny, Pavel Nakhimov, Hermann Goldschmidt, Nikolaus Lenau, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, and Husein Gradaščević. After him are Charlotte Bonaparte, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Johann Friedrich von Brandt, Leopold Fitzinger, Ignacy Domeyko, and Harriet Martineau. Among people deceased in 1850, Germain Henri Hess ranks 20. Before him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Robert Peel, Nikolaus Lenau, Adam Oehlenschläger, Wilhelm Beer, and Józef Bem. After him are Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Vincent Pallotti, Jean-Pierre Boyer, William Sturgeon, and Carl Sigismund Kunth.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Germain Henri Hess ranks 153 out of 1,015. Before him are Alfonsina Storni (1892), Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779), Ernest Ansermet (1883), Humbert I, Count of Savoy (980), Kurt Koch (1950), and Jean-Robert Argand (1768). After him are Jakob Ammann (1644), Ami Argand (1750), Max Bill (1908), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), and Jean-André Deluc (1727).

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Among CHEMISTS In Switzerland

Among chemists born in Switzerland, Germain Henri Hess ranks 7. Before him are Albert Hofmann (1906), Paul Hermann Müller (1899), Richard R. Ernst (1933), Kurt Wüthrich (1938), Emil Abderhalden (1877), and Jacques Dubochet (1942). After him are Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817), Victor Goldschmidt (1888), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), Albert Eschenmoser (1925), and Marc Delafontaine (1838).

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