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Hieronymous Theodor Richter

1824 - 1898

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Hieronymus Theodor Richter (21 November 1824 – 25 September 1898) was a German chemist. In 1863, while working at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, he co-discovered indium with Ferdinand Reich. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hieronymous Theodor Richter is the 474th most popular chemist (up from 544th in 2019), the 4,131st most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,187th in 2019) and the 84th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Hieronymous Theodor Richter ranks 474 out of 602Before her are Anna Sundström, Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, Donella Meadows, Edmond Frémy, and Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen. After her are Hugo Erdmann, K. C. Nicolaou, John Mayow, Carl Theodore Liebermann, Yellapragada Subbarow, and Phoebus Levene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Hieronymous Theodor Richter ranks 63Before her are Víctor Balaguer i Cirera, Ōmura Masujirō, Ambrose Burnside, Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, Theodor von Heuglin, and Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After her are Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, Lőrinc Schlauch, Martin Gropius, Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo, Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau, and Winfield Scott Hancock. Among people deceased in 1898, Hieronymous Theodor Richter ranks 55Before her are Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Nakahama Manjirō, Théodore Gouvy, Tigran Chukhajian, Axel Gudbrand Blytt, and Miklós Barabás. After her are Calixto García, Anton Seidl, Eli Lilly, Joaquín Crespo, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Ramón Emeterio Betances.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hieronymous Theodor Richter ranks 4,133 out of 7,253Before her are Christian Petzold (1960), Hannelore Elsner (1942), Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792), Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808), Theo Adam (1926), and Richard Goldschmidt (1878). After her are Heinz Stuy (1945), Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg (1675), Alfred Kelbassa (1925), Julius Hirsch (1892), Thomas Schaaf (1961), and Adolf Busch (1891).

Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Hieronymous Theodor Richter ranks 84Before her are Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818), Benjamin List (1968), Johann Schweigger (1779), Peter Armbruster (1931), Walter Noddack (1893), and Theodor Curtius (1857). After her are Carl Theodore Liebermann (1842), Alwin Mittasch (1869), Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750), Adolph Strecker (1822), Albert Ladenburg (1842), and Robert Havemann (1910).