CHEMIST

Karl Ernst Claus

1796 - 1864

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Karl Ernst Claus, also known as Karl Klaus or Carl Claus (Russian: Карл Ка́рлович Кла́ус, romanized: Karl Karlovich Klaus; 22 January 1796 – 24 March 1864), was a Russian chemist and naturalist of Baltic German origin. Claus was a professor at Kazan State University and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was primarily known as a chemist and discoverer of the chemical element ruthenium, which he named after his homeland of Russia, but also as one of the first scientists who applied quantitative methods in botany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Ernst Claus is the 361st most popular chemist (up from 366th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Estonia (up from 56th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Karl Ernst Claus ranks 361 out of 602. Before him are Paul Walden, Henry Eyring, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Edward Frankland, Lars Fredrik Nilson, and Charles Macintosh. After him are Victor Goldschmidt, Alice Ball, Édouard Herzen, Otto Schott, Peter Waage, and Charles Hatchett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Karl Ernst Claus ranks 24. Before him are Ang Duong, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, François Mignet, Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, and Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony. After him are James Bowie, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, August von Platen-Hallermünde, John Stevens Henslow, and David Roberts. Among people deceased in 1864, Karl Ernst Claus ranks 29. Before him are Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, John Hanning Speke, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, Christian Ludwig Brehm, George M. Dallas, and Aimable Pélissier. After him are Stephen Foster, Henryk Dembiński, Adam Wilhelm Moltke, Alexandre Calame, Antoinette de Mérode, and Archduke Louis of Austria.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Karl Ernst Claus ranks 53 out of 351. Before him are Jaan Tõnisson (1868), Roman Steinberg (1900), Evald Aav (1900), Johannes Aavik (1880), Friedrich Martens (1845), and Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878). After him are Jaan Kaplinski (1941), Friedrich Akel (1871), Paul Ariste (1905), Veljo Tormis (1930), Jaan Anvelt (1884), and Johannes Vares (1890).

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Among CHEMISTS In Estonia

Among chemists born in Estonia, Karl Ernst Claus ranks 1. 

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