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Hennig Brand

1630 - 1710

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Hennig Brand (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛnɪç bʁant]; c. 1630 – c. 1692 or c. 1710) was a German alchemist who lived and worked in Hamburg. In 1669, Brand accidentally discovered the chemical element phosphorus while searching for the "philosopher's stone", a substance which was believed to transmute base metals into gold. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hennig Brand is the 240th most popular chemist (down from 191st in 2019), the 1,004th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,016th in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Chemist.

Hennig is most famous for their apple cider vinegar.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Hennig Brand ranks 240 out of 602. Before him are John Frederic Daniell, John Pople, Johann Josef Loschmidt, Hideki Shirakawa, Louis Jacques Thénard, and Charles J. Pedersen. After him are Antoine Jérôme Balard, Friedrich Sertürner, Nicolas Leblanc, Walter Gilbert, Arieh Warshel, and Henri Victor Regnault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1630, Hennig Brand ranks 5. Before him are Charles II of England, Sophia of Hanover, Stenka Razin, and Eleonora Gonzaga. After him are Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Olaus Rudbeck, Madame de Brinvilliers, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Ludolf Bakhuizen, Josefa de Óbidos, and Pjetër Bogdani. Among people deceased in 1710, Hennig Brand ranks 4. Before him are Ole Rømer, Louise de La Vallière, and Emperor Higashiyama. After him are Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Bernardo Pasquini, Gaspar Sanz, Louis, Prince of Condé, Gottfried Kirch, and Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hennig Brand ranks 1,004 out of 7,253. Before him are Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521), Max Ophüls (1902), Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), and Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430). After him are Felix Wankel (1902), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Georg Ratzinger (1924), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), Erich Kempka (1910), and Eva Hesse (1936).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Hennig Brand ranks 40. Before him are Robert Huber (1937), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Georg Ernst Stahl (1659), Joachim Frank (1940), Hartmut Michel (1948), and August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818). After him are Friedrich Sertürner (1783), Henri Victor Regnault (1810), John Polanyi (1929), Fritz Strassmann (1902), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), and Franz Karl Achard (1753).

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