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Wilhelm Ostwald

1853 - 1932

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Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɔstˌvalt] ; 2 September [O.S. 21 August] 1853 – 4 April 1932) was a Latvian-German chemist and philosopher. Ostwald is credited with being one of the founders of the field of physical chemistry, with Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Walther Nernst and Svante Arrhenius. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his scientific contributions to the fields of catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities. Following his 1906 retirement from academic life, Ostwald became much involved in philosophy, art, and politics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Ostwald is the 28th most popular chemist (down from 14th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Latvia and the most popular Latvian Chemist.

Wilhelm Ostwald was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis. Ostwald developed the theory of catalysis, which is the process by which a chemical reaction takes place.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Wilhelm Ostwald ranks 28 out of 602Before him are Eduard Buchner, John Macleod, George Washington Carver, Fritz Haber, John Fenn, and Friedrich Wöhler. After him are Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Hans Adolf Krebs, Otto Wallach, Alexander R. Todd, Otto Hahn, and Robert Robinson.

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Among people born in 1853, Wilhelm Ostwald ranks 4Before him are Vincent van Gogh, Cecil Rhodes, and Hendrik Lorentz. After him are Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Albrecht Kossel, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Chulalongkorn, Carl Larsson, José Martí, Aleksei Brusilov, and Vladimir Solovyov. Among people deceased in 1932, Wilhelm Ostwald ranks 2Before him is Archduchess Gisela of Austria. After him are Margaret Brown, Sophia of Prussia, Eduard Bernstein, Aristide Briand, Ronald Ross, Giuseppe Peano, Manuel II of Portugal, King C. Gillette, Paul Doumer, and Augusta, Lady Gregory.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Wilhelm Ostwald ranks 2 out of 323Before him are Sergei Eisenstein (1898). After him are Mikhail Tal (1936), Mark Rothko (1903), Isaiah Berlin (1909), Mariss Jansons (1943), Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948), Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937), Kārlis Ulmanis (1877), Nicolai Hartmann (1882), Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), and Aron Nimzowitsch (1886).

Among CHEMISTS In Latvia

Among chemists born in Latvia, Wilhelm Ostwald ranks 1After him are Paul Walden (1863), Lina Stern (1878), and Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838).