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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

1852 - 1911

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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Jr. (Dutch: [vɑn (ə)t ˈɦɔf]; 30 August 1852 – 1 March 1911) was a Dutch physical chemist. A highly influential theoretical chemist of his time, Van 't Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His pioneering work helped found the modern theory of chemical affinity, chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, and chemical thermodynamics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff is the 11th most popular chemist (up from 16th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Chemist.

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff is most famous for his discovery of the law of chemical equilibrium and the concept of chemical affinity.

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Among chemists, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff ranks 11 out of 602. Before him are John Dalton, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Irène Joliot-Curie, Amedeo Avogadro, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, and Robert Boyle. After him are Emil Fischer, Svante Arrhenius, John Stith Pemberton, Edwin McMillan, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, and Raymond Davis Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff ranks 5. Before him are Antoni Gaudí, Albert A. Michelson, Henri Becquerel, and Emperor Meiji. After him are Emil Fischer, William Ramsay, Henri Moissan, Charles Taze Russell, Gojong of Korea, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Francisco Tárrega. Among people deceased in 1911, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff ranks 2. Before him is Gustav Mahler. After him are Wilhelm Dilthey, Francis Galton, Alfred Binet, Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, Paul Lafargue, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Emilio Salgari, Georg Jellinek, and Jules Joseph Lefebvre.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff ranks 18 out of 1,646. Before him are Mata Hari (1876), Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), Christiaan Huygens (1629), Hendrik Lorentz (1853), Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), and Daniel Bernoulli (1700). After him are Hugo Grotius (1583), Pieter Zeeman (1865), Abel Tasman (1603), Sophia of Hanover (1630), Willem Barentsz (1550), and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853).

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Among CHEMISTS In Netherlands

Among chemists born in Netherlands, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff ranks 1. After him are Paul J. Crutzen (1933), Ben Feringa (1951), C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801), and Albert Kluyver (1888).

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