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Julius Lothar Meyer

1830 - 1895

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Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneers in developing the earliest versions of the periodic table of the chemical elements. The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (his chief rival) and he both had worked with Robert Bunsen. Meyer never used his first given name and was simply known as Lothar Meyer throughout his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Lothar Meyer is the 143rd most popular chemist (down from 70th in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Germany (down from 460th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Chemist.

Julius Lothar Meyer was a German chemist who is most famous for being the first person to synthesize indigo, an important dye.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Julius Lothar Meyer ranks 143 out of 602. Before him are Gerhard Ertl, Robert Burns Woodward, Paul Flory, Jean-Marie Lehn, Johan Gadolin, and Michel Eugène Chevreul. After him are Roger D. Kornberg, Jerome Karle, Kurt Wüthrich, Johann Rudolf Glauber, Glenn T. Seaborg, and Sune Bergström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Julius Lothar Meyer ranks 13. Before him are Paul Heyse, Isabella II of Spain, Frederic Leighton, Porfirio Díaz, Hector Malot, and Isma'il Pasha. After him are Eadweard Muybridge, Hans von Bülow, Louise Michel, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Élisée Reclus, and Étienne-Jules Marey. Among people deceased in 1895, Julius Lothar Meyer ranks 11. Before him are Thomas Henry Huxley, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, José Martí, Franz von Suppé, Empress Myeongseong, and Isma'il Pasha. After him are Adam Opel, Julia, Princess of Battenberg, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, John Russell Hind, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, and Charles Frederick Worth.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Julius Lothar Meyer ranks 558 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert the Bear (1100), Louise Mountbatten (1889), Gerda Taro (1910), Philipp Scheidemann (1865), Rabanus Maurus (780), and John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (1572). After him are Gisela of Hungary (980), Victoria of Baden (1862), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Otto Frank (1889), Wilhelm List (1880), and Robert Bosch (1861).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Julius Lothar Meyer ranks 26. Before him are Hans Fischer (1881), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Manfred Eigen (1927), Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), and Gerhard Ertl (1936). After him are Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604), Hermann Kolbe (1818), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), Feodor Lynen (1911), Georg Wittig (1897), and Felix Hoffmann (1868).

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