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Viktor Meyer

1848 - 1897

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Viktor Meyer (8 September 1848 – 8 August 1897) was a German chemist and significant contributor to both organic and inorganic chemistry. He is best known for inventing an apparatus for determining vapour densities, the Viktor Meyer apparatus, and for discovering thiophene, a heterocyclic compound. He is sometimes referred to as Victor Meyer, a name used in some of his publications. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Meyer is the 368th most popular chemist (down from 351st in 2019), the 2,559th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,458th in 2019) and the 61st most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Viktor Meyer ranks 368 out of 602. Before him are Victor Goldschmidt, Alice Ball, Édouard Herzen, Otto Schott, Peter Waage, and Charles Hatchett. After him are Asima Chatterjee, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Morris Travers, Friedrich Stromeyer, Carl Djerassi, and Jeremias Benjamin Richter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Viktor Meyer ranks 53. Before him are Henri Duparc, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Hermann von Eichhorn, Kate Sheppard, Anatoly Stessel, and Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves. After him are Benjamin Baillaud, Hans Delbrück, Albert Robida, Eugène Simon, Georges Ohnet, and Alexander Kazbegi. Among people deceased in 1897, Viktor Meyer ranks 34. Before him are Stanislas de Guaita, Alexei Savrasov, Henry George, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, Fritz Müller, and Henri Meilhac. After him are Effie Gray, Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke, Antonio Bazzini, Khurshidbanu Natavan, David Schwarz, and Julius von Sachs.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Viktor Meyer ranks 2,560 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Benedict Listing (1808), Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (1269), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach (1703), Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1482), Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1842), and Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (1871). After him are Joachim Schepke (1912), Bernd Bransch (1944), Gottfried von Cramm (1909), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777), Gertrud von Le Fort (1876), and Theodor Lipps (1851).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Viktor Meyer ranks 61. Before him are Clemens Winkler (1838), Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818), Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), Carl Reichenbach (1788), Thomas C. Südhof (1955), and Otto Schott (1851). After him are Friedrich Stromeyer (1776), Hermann von Fehling (1812), Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877), Heinrich Rose (1795), Adolph Frank (1834), and Ferdinand Reich (1799).

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