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Hans von Euler-Chelpin

1873 - 1964

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Hans Karl August Simon Euler-Chelpin, since 28 July 1884 von Euler-Chelpin (15 February 1873 – 6 November 1964), was a German-born Swedish biochemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Arthur Harden for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and enzymes. He was a professor of general and organic chemistry at Stockholm University (1906–1941) and the director of its Institute for organic-chemical research (1938–1948). Euler-Chelpin was distantly related to Leonhard Euler. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans von Euler-Chelpin is the 79th most popular chemist (up from 91st in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Germany (up from 557th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Chemist.

Hans von Euler-Chelpin is most famous for his work in the field of organic chemistry. He was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1930.

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Among chemists, Hans von Euler-Chelpin ranks 79 out of 602. Before him are Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Karl Ziegler, Hermann Staudinger, Tu Youyou, Paul Sabatier, and Albert Hofmann. After him are Jan Baptist van Helmont, Frederick Sanger, Carl Bosch, Robert S. Mulliken, Friedrich Bergius, and Hans Fischer.

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Among people born in 1873, Hans von Euler-Chelpin ranks 11. Before him are Johannes V. Jensen, Lee de Forest, Leon Czolgosz, Konstantin von Neurath, Colette, and Jules Rimet. After him are Alexis Carrel, Henri Barbusse, Otto Loewi, Luigi Lucheni, Alfred Jarry, and Karl Schwarzschild. Among people deceased in 1964, Hans von Euler-Chelpin ranks 8. Before him are Leo Szilard, Douglas MacArthur, Herbert Hoover, Victor Francis Hess, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, and Paul of Greece. After him are James Franck, Alma Mahler, Rachel Carson, Norbert Wiener, Gerhard Domagk, and Ian Fleming.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans von Euler-Chelpin ranks 320 out of 7,253. Before him are Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Karl Ziegler (1898), Baldur von Schirach (1907), Hermann Staudinger (1881), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), and Ludolph van Ceulen (1540). After him are Anton Drexler (1884), Bertha Benz (1849), Katharina von Bora (1498), Richard Dedekind (1831), Carl Bosch (1874), and Erich Hartmann (1922).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Hans von Euler-Chelpin ranks 18. Before him are Adolf Butenandt (1903), Otto Diels (1876), Robert Bunsen (1811), Justus von Liebig (1803), Karl Ziegler (1898), and Hermann Staudinger (1881). After him are Carl Bosch (1874), Hans Fischer (1881), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Manfred Eigen (1927), and Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780).

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