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Otto Hahn

1879 - 1968

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Otto Hahn (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈhaːn] ; 8 March 1879 – 28 July 1968) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the field of radiochemistry. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and discoverer of nuclear fission, the science behind nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Hahn and Lise Meitner discovered isotopes of the radioactive elements radium, thorium, protactinium and uranium. He also discovered the phenomena of atomic recoil and nuclear isomerism, and pioneered rubidium–strontium dating. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Hahn is the 33rd most popular chemist (down from 15th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Germany (down from 139th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Chemist.

Otto Hahn was a German chemist who is most famous for the discovery of nuclear fission.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Otto Hahn ranks 33 out of 602. Before him are Friedrich Wöhler, Wilhelm Ostwald, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Hans Adolf Krebs, Otto Wallach, and Alexander R. Todd. After him are Robert Robinson, Henri Moissan, Richard Willstätter, F. Sherwood Rowland, Linus Pauling, and Paul Karrer.

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Among people born in 1879, Otto Hahn ranks 8. Before him are Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Owen Willans Richardson, Paul Klee, Kazimir Malevich, and Emperor Taishō. After him are Franz von Papen, Max von Laue, Margaret Sanger, Emiliano Zapata, Symon Petliura, and Alma Mahler. Among people deceased in 1968, Otto Hahn ranks 8. Before him are Yuri Gagarin, Helen Keller, Lise Meitner, Padre Pio, Marcel Duchamp, and John Steinbeck. After him are Lev Landau, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Max Brod, Henry Hallett Dale, Konstantin Rokossovsky, and Robert F. Kennedy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Hahn ranks 168 out of 7,253. Before him are Agrippina the Younger (15), George I of Great Britain (1660), Alfred Jodl (1890), Meister Eckhart (1260), Max Born (1882), and Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973). After him are Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), Carl Orff (1895), Franz von Papen (1879), Olaf Scholz (1958), George II of Great Britain (1683), and Caroline of Ansbach (1683).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Otto Hahn ranks 9. Before him are Adolf Windaus (1876), Ernst Chain (1906), Eduard Buchner (1860), Friedrich Wöhler (1800), Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742), and Hans Adolf Krebs (1900). After him are Richard Willstätter (1872), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Adolf Butenandt (1903), Otto Diels (1876), Robert Bunsen (1811), and Justus von Liebig (1803).

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