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Jan Baptist van Helmont

1580 - 1644

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Jan Baptist van Helmont ( HEL-mont, Dutch: [ˈjɑm bɑpˈtɪst fɑn ˈɦɛlmɔnt]; 12 January 1580 – 30 December 1644) was a chemist, physiologist, and physician from Brussels. He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and the rise of iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to be "the founder of pneumatic chemistry". Van Helmont is remembered today largely for his 5-year willow tree experiment, his introduction of the word "gas" (from the Greek word chaos) into the vocabulary of science, and his ideas on spontaneous generation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Baptist van Helmont is the 80th most popular chemist (down from 67th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 63rd in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Chemist.

Jan Baptist van Helmont is most famous for his work in the field of chemistry. He was one of the first to study the properties of gases and the effects of pressure on gases.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jan Baptist van Helmont ranks 80 out of 602. Before him are Karl Ziegler, Hermann Staudinger, Tu Youyou, Paul Sabatier, Albert Hofmann, and Hans von Euler-Chelpin. After him are Frederick Sanger, Carl Bosch, Robert S. Mulliken, Friedrich Bergius, Hans Fischer, and James B. Sumner.

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Among people born in 1580, Jan Baptist van Helmont ranks 1. After him are Willebrord Snellius, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, John Smith, Gabriel Bethlen, Josaphat Kuntsevych, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ernst von Mansfeld, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Cristóvão Ferreira, and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger. Among people deceased in 1644, Jan Baptist van Helmont ranks 3. Before him are Pope Urban VIII, and Elisabeth of France. After him are Chongzhen Emperor, Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau, Cecilia Renata of Austria, Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Francisco Pacheco, Bernardo Strozzi, Agostino Tassi, Guru Hargobind, and Luis Vélez de Guevara.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Baptist van Helmont ranks 48 out of 1,190. Before him are Hergé (1907), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), Henri La Fontaine (1854), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Pepin of Herstal (635), and Margaret of Parma (1522). After him are Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Victor Horta (1861), Julio Cortázar (1914), and Albert Claude (1899).

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Among CHEMISTS In Belgium

Among chemists born in Belgium, Jan Baptist van Helmont ranks 1. After him are Yves Chauvin (1930), Ernest Solvay (1838), Leo Baekeland (1863), George Sarton (1884), Jean Stas (1813), and Gilbert Stork (1921).

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