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Julius Wilbrand

1839 - 1906

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Julius Bernhard Friedrich Adolph Wilbrand (22 August 1839 – 22 June 1906) was a German chemist who discovered trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT. He was born in Gießen, Germay to Albertine Knapp and Franz Joseph Julius Wilbrand, a forensic physician. His brother, Hermann Wilbrand, was an ophthalmologist. In 1863, Wilbrand discovered TNT while experimenting with new solutions for yellow dye. He obtained trinitrotoluene through the nitration of toluene. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Wilbrand is the 504th most popular chemist, the 4,565th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,638th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Julius Wilbrand ranks 504 out of 602. Before him are Karol Olszewski, Robert Havemann, Ludwig Mond, Pierre Adet, Johannes Thiele, and John Walker. After him are Karen Wetterhahn, Ludwig Knorr, Jan Szczepanik, Helen Murray Free, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, and William Hallowes Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Julius Wilbrand ranks 81. Before him are Calixto García, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Aleksandr Stoletov, Nicolás de Piérola, Almon Brown Strowger, and Ludwig Mond. After him are Julius von Hann, Tage Reedtz-Thott, Nicolaas Pierson, Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Ignacio Andrade, and Casimiro de Abreu. Among people deceased in 1906, Julius Wilbrand ranks 65. Before him are Slava Raškaj, Manuel Quintana, Spencer Gore, Ernst Josephson, Manuel García, and Heinrich Gelzer. After him are Alexander Veselovsky, Ernst Schultz, Ivan Babushkin, Ferdinand von Saar, Aniceto Arce, and Pedro Varela.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Julius Wilbrand ranks 4,568 out of 7,253. Before him are Hauschka (1966), Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (1834), Johann von Rist (1607), Heinrich Zschokke (1771), Jörg Lucke (1942), and Albrecht von Graefe (1828). After him are Aleida Assmann (1947), Georg Zacharias (1884), Heinz Wewers (1927), Dora Doll (1922), Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1730), and Udo Beyer (1955).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Julius Wilbrand ranks 92. Before him are Alwin Mittasch (1869), Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750), Adolph Strecker (1822), Albert Ladenburg (1842), Robert Havemann (1910), and Ludwig Mond (1839). After him are Ludwig Knorr (1859), Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (1835), Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834), Jacob Volhard (1834), Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857), and Eugen Baumann (1846).

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