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Johan Gadolin

1760 - 1852

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Johan Gadolin (5 June 1760 – 15 August 1852) was a Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist. Gadolin discovered a "new earth" containing the first rare-earth compound yttrium, which was later determined to be a chemical element. He is also considered the founder of Finnish chemistry research, as the second holder of the Chair of Chemistry at the Royal Academy of Turku (or Åbo Kungliga Akademi). Gadolin was ennobled for his achievements and awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir and the Order of Saint Anna. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Gadolin is the 141st most popular chemist (down from 124th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Finland (up from 24th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Chemist.

Johan Gadolin is most famous for his discovery of the element yttrium.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Johan Gadolin ranks 141 out of 602. Before him are Harold Urey, Wilfrid Voynich, Gerhard Ertl, Robert Burns Woodward, Paul Flory, and Jean-Marie Lehn. After him are Michel Eugène Chevreul, Julius Lothar Meyer, Roger D. Kornberg, Jerome Karle, Kurt Wüthrich, and Johann Rudolf Glauber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, Johan Gadolin ranks 11. Before him are Jiaqing Emperor, François-Noël Babeuf, Akbar II, Camille Desmoulins, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Alexandre de Beauharnais. After him are Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, William Beckford, Oliver Wolcott Jr., August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Jan Ladislav Dussek, and Jean-François Le Sueur. Among people deceased in 1852, Johan Gadolin ranks 9. Before him are Louis Braille, Friedrich Fröbel, Henry Clay, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, and Auguste de Marmont. After him are Augustus Pugin, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Ján Kollár, Vasily Zhukovsky, Karl Bryullov, and Friedrich Ludwig Jahn.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Johan Gadolin ranks 17 out of 751. Before him are Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895), Sauli Niinistö (1948), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832), Mika Waltari (1908), and Ragnar Granit (1900). After him are Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), Aki Kaurismäki (1957), Mikael Agricola (1510), and Vissarion Belinsky (1811).

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Among CHEMISTS In Finland

Among chemists born in Finland, Johan Gadolin ranks 2. Before him are Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895).

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