CHEMIST

Ludwig Knorr

1859 - 1921

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Ludwig Knorr (2 December 1859 – 4 June 1921) was a German chemist. Together with Carl Paal, he discovered the Paal–Knorr synthesis, and the Knorr quinoline synthesis and Knorr pyrrole synthesis are also named after him. The synthesis in 1883 of the analgesic drug antipyrine, now called phenazone, was a commercial success. Antipyrine was the first synthetic drug and the most widely used drug until it was replaced by Aspirin in the early 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Knorr is the 506th most popular chemist (down from 477th in 2019), the 4,572nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,372nd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ludwig Knorr ranks 506 out of 602. Before him are Ludwig Mond, Pierre Adet, Johannes Thiele, John Walker, Julius Wilbrand, and Karen Wetterhahn. After him are Jan Szczepanik, Helen Murray Free, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, William Hallowes Miller, Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, and Luis E. Miramontes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Ludwig Knorr ranks 114. Before him are Émil Goeldi, Clarence Clark, Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas, Jón Magnússon, Juan Campisteguy, and Florian Cajori. After him are Paul Passy, Nikolay Kasatkin, Stefan Toshev, Carrie Chapman Catt, Karel Halíř, and Luigi Capello. Among people deceased in 1921, Ludwig Knorr ranks 109. Before him are Alexandre Michon, Fernand Courty, Yosef Haim Brenner, William Robert Brooks, Lev Chernyi, and Antoinette Brown Blackwell. After him are Julius von Hann, Rafael Reyes, Mary Watson Whitney, Jean Aicard, Leo Königsberger, and Léon Moreaux.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Knorr ranks 4,575 out of 7,253. Before 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). After him are Oliver Masucci (1968), Leon Goretzka (1995), Ernst Ahl (1898), Peter Frenkel (1939), Carl Locher (1851), and Ulrich Tukur (1957).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Ludwig Knorr ranks 93. Before him are Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750), Adolph Strecker (1822), Albert Ladenburg (1842), Robert Havemann (1910), Ludwig Mond (1839), and Julius Wilbrand (1839). After him are Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (1835), Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834), Jacob Volhard (1834), Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857), Eugen Baumann (1846), and Friedrich Accum (1769).

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