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Hermann von Fehling

1812 - 1885

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Hermann von Fehling (9 June 1812 – 1 July 1885) was a German chemist, famous as the developer of Fehling's solution used for estimation of sugar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann von Fehling is the 380th most popular chemist (down from 377th in 2019), the 2,760th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,818th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Hermann von Fehling ranks 380 out of 602. Before him are Jeremias Benjamin Richter, Andrés Manuel del Río, Albert Ghiorso, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, and Jacques Bergier. After him are Arthur Aikin, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Nikolay Zelinsky, Agnes Pockels, Joseph Achille Le Bel, and Edward Calvin Kendall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Hermann von Fehling ranks 35. Before him are Hendrik Conscience, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, Édouard Séguin, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Berthold Auerbach, and James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie. After him are Filippo Pacini, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Luigi Carlo Farini, George Allman, William Fox, and Knud Knudsen. Among people deceased in 1885, Hermann von Fehling ranks 43. Before him are Nikolay Danilevsky, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Henri Tresca, Charles Rogier, Nikolay Kostomarov, and Nicolás Avellaneda. After him are Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Narcís Monturiol, Schuyler Colfax, Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville, Jules Vallès, and Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann von Fehling ranks 2,761 out of 7,253. Before him are Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Ignaz von Döllinger (1799), Joseph Görres (1776), Louis V, Elector Palatine (1478), Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich (960), and Michael Kiske (1968). After him are Marcel Ophüls (1927), Lothar Emmerich (1941), Johanna Budwig (1908), Matthias Claudius (1740), Otto Baum (1911), and Johann Christian Reil (1759).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Hermann von Fehling ranks 63. Before him are Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), Carl Reichenbach (1788), Thomas C. Südhof (1955), Otto Schott (1851), Viktor Meyer (1848), and Friedrich Stromeyer (1776). After him are Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877), Heinrich Rose (1795), Adolph Frank (1834), Ferdinand Reich (1799), Otto Ambros (1901), and Leonor Michaelis (1875).

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