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Paul Héroult

1863 - 1914

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Paul (Louis-Toussaint) Héroult (10 April 1863 – 9 May 1914) was a French scientist. He was one of the inventors of the Hall-Héroult process for smelting aluminium, and developed the first successful commercial electric arc furnace. He lived in Thury-Harcourt, Normandy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Héroult is the 354th most popular chemist (up from 362nd in 2019), the 2,311th most popular biography from France (up from 2,711th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Paul Héroult ranks 354 out of 602. Before him are Thomas C. Südhof, Frances Arnold, William Prout, Louis E. Brus, Sendivogius, and Alexander Shulgin. After him are Paul Walden, Henry Eyring, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Edward Frankland, Lars Fredrik Nilson, and Charles Macintosh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Paul Héroult ranks 61. Before him are W. I. Thomas, Alexander Siloti, Arthur Machen, Paul Drude, Princess Mathilde of Saxony, and Hugo Haase. After him are Paul Walden, Abdul Karim, Qasim Amin, Eero Järnefelt, Felix Blumenfeld, and Max Skladanowsky. Among people deceased in 1914, Paul Héroult ranks 48. Before him are Empress Shōken, Albéric Magnard, Ayub Khan, Giuseppe Mercalli, Kitty Lange Kielland, and Ödön Lechner. After him are Theodore Gill, Ivan Zajc, John Henry Poynting, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, John Muir, and Theodor Lipps.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Héroult ranks 2,311 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812), Albert Lamorisse (1922), Adémar de Chabannes (989), Louise Farrenc (1804), Simone Simon (1911), and Magnus Felix Ennodius (473). After him are Alexandre Ribot (1842), Alain Ducasse (1956), Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (1594), Lucien Muller (1934), Olivier Giroud (1986), and François Furet (1927).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Paul Héroult ranks 41. Before him are Charles Friedel (1822), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Louis Camille Maillard (1878), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), and Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788). After him are Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), Joseph Achille Le Bel (1847), Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816), Nicolas Lemery (1645), Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756), and Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1757).

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