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Joseph Achille Le Bel

1847 - 1930

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Joseph Achille Le Bel (21 January 1847 in Pechelbronn – 6 August 1930, in Paris, France) was a French chemist. He is best known for his work in stereochemistry. Le Bel was educated at the École Polytechnique in Paris. In 1874 he announced his theory outlining the relationship between molecular structure and optical activity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Achille Le Bel is the 385th most popular chemist (up from 435th in 2019), the 2,938th most popular biography from France (up from 3,721st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Joseph Achille Le Bel ranks 385 out of 602. Before him are Jacques Bergier, Hermann von Fehling, Arthur Aikin, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Nikolay Zelinsky, and Agnes Pockels. After him are Edward Calvin Kendall, Isabella Karle, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, George Sarton, Mathieu Orfila, and Heinrich Rose.

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Among people born in 1847, Joseph Achille Le Bel ranks 50. Before him are Frits Thaulow, Bertha Wegmann, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, Margarete Steiff, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, and Augusta Holmès. After him are Millicent Fawcett, Karl Wittgenstein, Julia Lermontova, Pavel Yablochkov, Remus von Woyrsch, and Oku Yasukata. Among people deceased in 1930, Joseph Achille Le Bel ranks 61. Before him are Emil Krebs, Oskar Nedbal, Viggo Jensen, Alois Jirásek, Paul Levi, and Pierina Legnani. After him are Mabel Normand, Adolf Wölfli, Maximilian Njegovan, Benedykt Dybowski, Bill Holland, and Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Achille Le Bel ranks 2,938 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581), Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1798), Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846), Fulk II, Count of Anjou (920), Ismaël Bullialdus (1605), and Henri Ernest Baillon (1827). After him are Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765), Érard de la Marck (1472), Charles Nungesser (1892), Gabriel Voisin (1880), Ludovic Giuly (1976), and Édouard Philippe (1970).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Joseph Achille Le Bel ranks 43. Before him are Louis Camille Maillard (1878), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), Paul Héroult (1863), and Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737). After him are Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816), Nicolas Lemery (1645), Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756), Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1757), Claudine Picardet (1735), and Georges Urbain (1872).

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