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Jacob Volhard

1834 - 1910

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Jacob Volhard (4 June 1834 – 14 January 1910) was the German chemist who discovered, together with his student Hugo Erdmann, the Volhard–Erdmann cyclization reaction. He was also responsible for the improvement of the Hell–Volhard–Zelinsky halogenation. From 1852 to 1855 he studied chemistry at the University of Giessen, and afterwards, furthered his education at the University of Heidelberg. For two years he worked as an assistant under Justus von Liebig at the University of Munich, and in 1860/61 studied with August Wilhelm von Hofmann in London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Volhard is the 515th most popular chemist (down from 500th in 2024), the 4,704th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,617th in 2019) and the 96th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jacob Volhard ranks 515 out of 602. Before him are Helen Murray Free, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, William Hallowes Miller, Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, Luis E. Miramontes, and Zdenko Hans Skraup. After him are Heinrich Caro, Albert Eschenmoser, Alexey Favorsky, David MacMillan, Omowunmi Sadik, and Nina Andreyeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Jacob Volhard ranks 81. Before him are Miguel Grau Seminario, Georg Hermann Quincke, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Felix Dahn, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, and Hermann Wilhelm Vogel. After him are Heinrich Caro, Yuriy Fedkovych, George du Maurier, Louis Ruchonnet, Aleksey Suvorin, and José Eugenio Ellauri. Among people deceased in 1910, Jacob Volhard ranks 92. Before him are Vittoria Aganoor, Pierre Nord Alexis, Hans Jæger, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, Zdenko Hans Skraup, and Georges de la Falaise. After him are Heinrich Caro, Andrea Costa, Joaquim Nabuco, Léon Delagrange, Boyd Alexander, and Melville Fuller.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jacob Volhard ranks 4,707 out of 7,253. Before him are Walter Sedlmayr (1926), Willi Fuggerer (1941), Ludwig Abeille (1761), René Steinke (1963), Adolf Brand (1874), and Margitta Gummel (1941). After him are Uta Ranke-Heinemann (1927), Georg Gehring (1903), Paula Mollenhauer (1908), Andreas Kunz (1946), Oliver of Paderborn (1170), and Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel (1768).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Jacob Volhard ranks 96. Before him are Robert Havemann (1910), Ludwig Mond (1839), Julius Wilbrand (1839), Ludwig Knorr (1859), Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (1835), and Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834). After him are Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857), Eugen Baumann (1846), Friedrich Accum (1769), Rainer Ludwig Claisen (1851), Gustav Rose (1798), and Johannes Wislicenus (1835).

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