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Johann Rudolf Glauber

1604 - 1670

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Johann Rudolf Glauber (10 March 1604 – 16 March 1670) was a German-Dutch alchemist and chemist. Some historians of science have described him as one of the first chemical engineers. His discovery of sodium sulfate in 1625 led to the compound being named after him: "Glauber's salt". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Rudolf Glauber is the 147th most popular chemist (down from 85th in 2019), the 578th most popular biography from Germany (down from 521st in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Chemist.

Johann Rudolf Glauber was a German chemist and pharmacist who is most famous for his work in the field of chemistry. He is credited with the discovery of sodium sulfate and the production of sodium sulfate from sulfuric acid and wood ash.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Johann Rudolf Glauber ranks 147 out of 602. Before him are Johan Gadolin, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Julius Lothar Meyer, Roger D. Kornberg, Jerome Karle, and Kurt Wüthrich. After him are Glenn T. Seaborg, Sune Bergström, Casimir Funk, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Hermann Kolbe, and Harry Kroto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1604, Johann Rudolf Glauber ranks 3. Before him are Osman II, and John IV of Portugal. After him are Tokugawa Iemitsu, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, İslâm III Giray, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Claudia de' Medici, Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Zheng Zhilong, Menasseh Ben Israel, and Catherine of Brandenburg. Among people deceased in 1670, Johann Rudolf Glauber ranks 5. Before him are John Amos Comenius, Henrietta of England, Frederick III of Denmark, and Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Louis Le Vau, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Giovanna Garzoni, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Rudolf Glauber ranks 578 out of 7,253. Before him are Adam Opel (1837), Willi Stoph (1914), Max Delbrück (1906), Patrick Süskind (1949), Hans Eysenck (1916), and Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737). After him are Fritz Walter (1920), Constanze Mozart (1762), Werner von Fritsch (1880), Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978), Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668), and Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Johann Rudolf Glauber ranks 27. Before him are Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Manfred Eigen (1927), Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), Gerhard Ertl (1936), and Julius Lothar Meyer (1830). After him are Hermann Kolbe (1818), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), Feodor Lynen (1911), Georg Wittig (1897), Felix Hoffmann (1868), and Gerhard Herzberg (1904).

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