CHEMIST

Lars Onsager

1903 - 1976

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Lars Onsager (November 27, 1903 – October 5, 1976) was a Norwegian American physical chemist and theoretical physicist. He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Onsager is the 118th most popular chemist (up from 131st in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Norway (up from 39th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Chemist.

Lars Onsager is most famous for his work on the principle of thermodynamic reversibility.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Lars Onsager ranks 118 out of 602. Before him are Manfred Eigen, Melvin Calvin, Avram Hershko, Claude Louis Berthollet, Gilbert N. Lewis, and Michael Levitt. After him are Carl Ferdinand Cori, Edward W. Morley, William Crookes, George Porter, Richard Kuhn, and Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Lars Onsager ranks 22. Before him are Andrey Kolmogorov, Galeazzo Ciano, Vladimir Horowitz, Yasujirō Ozu, Marguerite Yourcenar, and Tamam Shud case. After him are Kane Tanaka, Frank P. Ramsey, Hugo Theorell, Anaïs Nin, Mustafa Barzani, and Karl Hanke. Among people deceased in 1976, Lars Onsager ranks 23. Before him are Trofim Lysenko, Man Ray, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Henrik Dam, Jacques Monod, and Benjamin Britten. After him are Joachim Peiper, Ulrike Meinhof, J. Paul Getty, Gustav Heinemann, Raymond Queneau, and Alexander Calder.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Lars Onsager ranks 38 out of 1,039. Before him are Trygve Lie (1896), Ragnar Frisch (1895), Odd Hassel (1897), Jo Nesbø (1960), Ingólfr Arnarson (850), and Inge I of Norway (1135). After him are Jostein Gaarder (1952), Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932), Ludvig Holberg (1684), Olaf II of Denmark (1370), Jens Stoltenberg (1959), and Christian Lous Lange (1869).

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Among CHEMISTS In Norway

Among chemists born in Norway, Lars Onsager ranks 2. Before him are Odd Hassel (1897). After him are Kristian Birkeland (1867), and Peter Waage (1833).

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