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Hermann Staudinger

1881 - 1965

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Hermann Staudinger (German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈʃtaʊ̯dɪŋɐ] ; 23 March 1881 – 8 September 1965) was a German organic chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules, which he characterized as polymers. For this work he received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is also known for his discovery of ketenes and of the Staudinger reaction. Staudinger, together with Leopold Ružička, also elucidated the molecular structures of pyrethrin I and II in the 1920s, enabling the development of pyrethroid insecticides in the 1960s and 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Staudinger is the 75th most popular chemist (down from 73rd in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Germany (up from 478th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Chemist.

Hermann Staudinger is most famous for discovering that polymers are made up of long chains of repeating molecules, which he called macromolecules.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Hermann Staudinger ranks 75 out of 602. Before him are Vladimir Prelog, Gertrude B. Elion, Dorothy Hodgkin, William Giauque, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, and Karl Ziegler. After him are Tu Youyou, Paul Sabatier, Albert Hofmann, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Jan Baptist van Helmont, and Frederick Sanger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Hermann Staudinger ranks 20. Before him are Kliment Voroshilov, Walther von Brauchitsch, Hans Kelsen, Clinton Davisson, Guccio Gucci, and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. After him are Ludwig von Mises, Hans Fischer, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Fernand Léger, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Alexei Rykov. Among people deceased in 1965, Hermann Staudinger ranks 12. Before him are W. Somerset Maugham, Syngman Rhee, Albert Schweitzer, Farouk of Egypt, Martin Buber, and Eli Cohen. After him are Stan Laurel, Adlai Stevenson II, Edgard Varèse, Paul Hermann Müller, Moshe Sharett, and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Staudinger ranks 317 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Schmitt (1888), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Karl Ziegler (1898), and Baldur von Schirach (1907). After him are Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873), Anton Drexler (1884), Bertha Benz (1849), and Katharina von Bora (1498).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Hermann Staudinger ranks 17. Before him are Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Adolf Butenandt (1903), Otto Diels (1876), Robert Bunsen (1811), Justus von Liebig (1803), and Karl Ziegler (1898). After him are Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873), Carl Bosch (1874), Hans Fischer (1881), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), and Manfred Eigen (1927).

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