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Hans Goldschmidt

1861 - 1923

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Johannes Wilhelm "Hans" Goldschmidt (18 January 1861 – 21 May 1923) was a German chemist notable as the discoverer of the Thermite reaction. He was also co-owner of the Chemische Fabrik Th. Goldschmidt, as of 1911 Th. Goldschmidt AG (later to become part of Evonik Industries) and its most important chemist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Goldschmidt is the 549th most popular chemist (down from 495th in 2019), the 5,065th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,567th in 2019) and the 104th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Hans Goldschmidt ranks 549 out of 602. Before him are Max Bodenstein, Takamine Jōkichi, Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Nikodem Caro, Frederick G. Donnan, and Bruce Alberts. After him are John Roebuck, Lev Chugaev, Emma P. Carr, Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, Florence B. Seibert, and Jürgen Hennig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Hans Goldschmidt ranks 139. Before him are Frederick Russell Burnham, Vasily Andreyev, Friedrich Engel, Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, Andrei Ryabushkin, and Federico De Roberto. After him are Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten, Arthur E. Kennelly, José Gil Fortoul, Marcellin Boule, Reginald Wingate, and Emiliano González Navero. Among people deceased in 1923, Hans Goldschmidt ranks 109. Before him are Jan Kotěra, Bernard Bosanquet, Ole Østmo, Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, Guerra Junqueiro, and Theodor Rosetti. After him are Wallace Reid, Duncan Stewart, Fidel Pagés, Joseph DeCamp, Ivan Tavčar, and Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Goldschmidt ranks 5,068 out of 7,253. Before him are Günter de Bruyn (1926), Gorch Fock (1880), Dana Wynter (1931), Robert Hausmann (1852), Hermann Hansen (1912), and Eva Mattes (1954). After him are Ernst Ising (1900), Michael Bella (1945), Elmar Wepper (1944), Bernd Franke (1948), Kurt Hoffmann (1910), and Rudolf Haag (1922).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Hans Goldschmidt ranks 104. Before him are Eugen Baumann (1846), Friedrich Accum (1769), Rainer Ludwig Claisen (1851), Gustav Rose (1798), Johannes Wislicenus (1835), and Max Bodenstein (1871). After him are Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1813), Jürgen Hennig (1951), Carl Jacob Löwig (1803), Hans von Pechmann (1850), Christian Ehrenfried Weigel (1748), and Achim Müller (1938).

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