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Leopold Gmelin

1788 - 1853

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Leopold Gmelin (2 August 1788 – 13 April 1853) was a German chemist. Gmelin was a professor at the University of Heidelberg. He worked on the red prussiate and created Gmelin's test, and wrote his Handbook of Chemistry, which over successive editions became a standard reference work still in use. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopold Gmelin is the 292nd most popular chemist (up from 303rd in 2019), the 1,406th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,738th in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Leopold Gmelin ranks 292 out of 602. Before him are Richard J. Roberts, Locusta, Satoshi Ōmura, Thomas Andrews, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, and Kikunae Ikeda. After him are Per Teodor Cleve, William C. Campbell, Michael Polanyi, Bernard Courtois, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, and Carl Gustaf Mosander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Leopold Gmelin ranks 18. Before him are Antoine César Becquerel, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Robert Peel, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, and Johan Christian Dahl. After him are Mikhail Lazarev, Rama III, Felice Romani, David d'Angers, Carl Sigismund Kunth, and Geert Adriaans Boomgaard. Among people deceased in 1853, Leopold Gmelin ranks 11. Before him are Ludwig Tieck, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. After him are Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Matteo Carcassi, Bezmiâlem Sultan, Christian Leopold von Buch, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Princess Amalia of Sweden.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Leopold Gmelin ranks 1,406 out of 7,253. Before him are Anselm Feuerbach (1829), Walter Simons (1861), Thomas Kretschmann (1962), Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794), Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752), and Arthur Scherbius (1878). After him are August Grisebach (1814), Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796), Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (1803), Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), Arnold van Gennep (1873), and Hans Werner Henze (1926).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Leopold Gmelin ranks 50. Before him are Fritz Strassmann (1902), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Franz Karl Achard (1753), Joachim Sauer (1949), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), and Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709). After him are Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Andreas Libavius (1555), Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794), Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806), Clemens Winkler (1838), and Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818).

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