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Johann Wilhelm Ritter

1776 - 1810

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Johann Wilhelm Ritter (16 December 1776 – 23 January 1810) was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher. He was born in Samitz (Zamienice) near Haynau (Chojnów) in Silesia (then part of Prussia, since 1945 in Poland), and died in Munich. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Wilhelm Ritter is the 211th most popular chemist (down from 164th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Poland (up from 190th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Polish Chemist.

Johann Wilhelm Ritter was a German chemist and physicist who is most famous for his discovery of ultraviolet radiation.

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Among chemists, Johann Wilhelm Ritter ranks 211 out of 602. Before him are Robert F. Furchgott, Georg Ernst Stahl, Karl Barry Sharpless, Alan MacDiarmid, James Dewar, and Roald Hoffmann. After him are Nikolay Semyonov, Paul Lauterbur, Kenichi Fukui, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Sophia Brahe, and Leo Baekeland.

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Among people born in 1776, Johann Wilhelm Ritter ranks 11. Before him are John Constable, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Caroline of Baden, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, and Şehzade Abdullah. After him are Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Pehr Henrik Ling, and Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este. Among people deceased in 1810, Johann Wilhelm Ritter ranks 6. Before him are Henry Cavendish, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Jean-Georges Noverre, and Marie Joséphine of Savoy. After him are Chevalier d'Éon, Philipp Otto Runge, Nachman of Breslov, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Johan Zoffany, and Andreas Hofer.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Johann Wilhelm Ritter ranks 186 out of 1,694. Before him are Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (1860), Alice Miller (1923), Robert Lewandowski (1988), Miroslav Klose (1978), and Piast the Wheelwright (800). After him are Cymburgis of Masovia (1394), Casimir I the Restorer (1016), Jerzy Kosiński (1933), Marian Rejewski (1905), Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), and Helena Rubinstein (1872).

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Among CHEMISTS In Poland

Among chemists born in Poland, Johann Wilhelm Ritter ranks 10. Before him are Kurt Alder (1902), Friedrich Bergius (1884), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), Casimir Funk (1884), Antoni Grabowski (1857), and Clara Immerwahr (1870). After him are Richard Abegg (1869), Ignacy Mościcki (1867), Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822), Fritz London (1900), Kazimierz Fajans (1887), and Sendivogius (1566).

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