CHEMIST

Walther Kossel

1888 - 1956

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Walther Ludwig Julius Kossel (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈluːtvɪç ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈkɔsl̩]; 4 January 1888 – 22 May 1956) was a German chemist and physicist known for his theory of the chemical bond (ionic bond/octet rule), Sommerfeld–Kossel displacement law of atomic spectra, the Kossel–Stranski model for crystal growth, and the Kossel effect. Walther was the son of Albrecht Kossel who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1910. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walther Kossel is the 419th most popular chemist (up from 456th in 2019), the 3,350th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,101st in 2019) and the 71st most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Walther Kossel ranks 419 out of 602. Before him are Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Brunó Ferenc Straub, Franz von Soxhlet, George Church, Otto Wichterle, and Louis-Sébastien Lenormand. After him are Carl Graebe, Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, Lina Stern, Coenraad Johannes van Houten, Hugo Schiff, and Claudine Picardet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Walther Kossel ranks 130. Before him are Francisco Canaro, Viktor Kingissepp, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Anna Q. Nilsson, Chana Orloff, and Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira. After him are Nereu Ramos, Harukichi Hyakutake, Antonio Ascari, Irving Cummings, Pavel Peter Gojdič, and Louis J. Mordell. Among people deceased in 1956, Walther Kossel ranks 113. Before him are Henri Callot, Samad Vurgun, Louis Rosier, Meghnad Saha, Vladimir Obruchev, and Jacques Moeschal. After him are Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Mikhail Tereshchenko, Zoltán Halmay, Leo Baeck, Tommy Johnson, and Aino Kallas.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walther Kossel ranks 3,352 out of 7,253. Before him are John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513), Ulf Merbold (1941), Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785), Erich Neumann (1905), Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815), and Ernst Schäfer (1910). After him are Ernst Lehner (1912), Johanna Quandt (1926), Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1619), Andi Deris (1964), Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1633), and Fritz von Uhde (1848).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Walther Kossel ranks 71. Before him are Heinrich Rose (1795), Adolph Frank (1834), Ferdinand Reich (1799), Otto Ambros (1901), Leonor Michaelis (1875), and Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853). After him are Carl Graebe (1841), Hugo Schiff (1834), Christian Gmelin (1792), Albert Niemann (1834), Felix Hoppe-Seyler (1825), and Michael Grätzel (1944).

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