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Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac

1817 - 1894

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Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (24 April 1817 – 15 April 1894) was a Swiss chemist whose work with atomic weights suggested the possibility of isotopes and the packing fraction of nuclei. His study of the rare earth elements led to his discovery of ytterbium in 1878 and co-discovery of gadolinium in 1880. He was considered "one of the great chemists of the nineteenth century", particularly in the area of inorganic chemistry. On 13 September 2011, the site of his laboratory at the University of Geneva was designated a historical chemical landmark of Switzerland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac is the 357th most popular chemist (down from 342nd in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 225th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swiss Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac ranks 357 out of 602. Before him are Louis E. Brus, Sendivogius, Alexander Shulgin, Paul Héroult, Paul Walden, and Henry Eyring. After him are Edward Frankland, Lars Fredrik Nilson, Charles Macintosh, Karl Ernst Claus, Victor Goldschmidt, and Alice Ball.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac ranks 32. Before him are Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Antonio de Torres Jurado, José Zorrilla, Mihail Kogălniceanu, and Karl Vogt. After him are Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, János Arany, Alfred Józef Potocki, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, and Nikolay Kostomarov. Among people deceased in 1894, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac ranks 29. Before him are Eugène Charles Catalan, Nikolai Ge, Alexander von Middendorff, William Waddington, August Kundt, and R. M. Ballantyne. After him are Guillaume Lekeu, Christina Rossetti, Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, Sante Geronimo Caserio, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, and Amelia Bloomer.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac ranks 220 out of 1,015. Before him are Giuseppe Motta (1871), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Jacob Sprenger (1435), Jost Amman (1539), Emma Jung (1882), and Jean Ziegler (1934). After him are André Abegglen (1909), Claude Nicollier (1944), Joseph Deiss (1946), Roberto Di Matteo (1970), Eugène Grasset (1845), and Leonardo Conti (1900).

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Among CHEMISTS In Switzerland

Among chemists born in Switzerland, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac ranks 9. Before him are Richard R. Ernst (1933), Kurt Wüthrich (1938), Emil Abderhalden (1877), Jacques Dubochet (1942), Germain Henri Hess (1802), and Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767). After him are Victor Goldschmidt (1888), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), Albert Eschenmoser (1925), and Marc Delafontaine (1838).

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