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Nicolas Théodore de Saussure

1767 - 1845

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Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure (French pronunciation: [nikɔla teɔdɔʁ də sosyʁ]; 14 October 1767 – 18 April 1845) was a Swiss chemist and student of plant physiology who made seminal advances in phytochemistry. He is one of the major pioneers in the study of photosynthesis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Théodore de Saussure is the 311th most popular chemist (up from 337th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 214th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swiss Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure ranks 311 out of 602. Before him are Alexandre Brongniart, Kaoru Ishikawa, Kamala Sohonie, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Andreas Libavius, and Anders Gustaf Ekeberg. After him are William Henry, Fritz London, Anselme Payen, Smithson Tennant, Aziz Sancar, and Yuan T. Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure ranks 23. Before him are Andreas Hofer, Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, Henri Christophe, Rama II of Siam, Jean-Lambert Tallien, and Anders Gustaf Ekeberg. After him are Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Jacques Laffitte, Alexis Bouvard, and Jacques-Laurent Agasse. Among people deceased in 1845, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure ranks 10. Before him are John Frederic Daniell, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Guadalupe Victoria, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Wazir Akbar Khan, and Henrik Wergeland. After him are Bernardino Rivadavia, Louis-Léopold Boilly, Isabella Colbran, Simon Mayr, Roustam Raza, and Nils Gabriel Sefström.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure ranks 158 out of 1,015. Before him are Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Germain Henri Hess (1802), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ami Argand (1750), Max Bill (1908), and Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803). After him are Jean-André Deluc (1727), Marcel Bezençon (1907), Théophile Steinlen (1859), Albert von Kölliker (1817), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), and Viola Amherd (1962).

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Among CHEMISTS In Switzerland

Among chemists born in Switzerland, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure ranks 8. Before him are Paul Hermann Müller (1899), Richard R. Ernst (1933), Kurt Wüthrich (1938), Emil Abderhalden (1877), Jacques Dubochet (1942), and Germain Henri Hess (1802). After him are Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817), Victor Goldschmidt (1888), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), Albert Eschenmoser (1925), and Marc Delafontaine (1838).

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