CHEMIST

Agnes Pockels

1862 - 1935

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Agnes Luise Wilhelmine Pockels (14 February 1862 – 21 November 1935) was a German chemist whose research was fundamental in establishing the modern discipline known as surface science, which describes the properties of liquid and solid surfaces and interfaces. Pockels became interested in fundamental research in surface science through observations of soaps and soapy water in her own home while washing dishes. She devised a surface film balance technique to study the behavior of molecules such as soaps and surfactants at air-liquid interfaces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agnes Pockels has received more than 72,452 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Agnes Pockels is the 401st most popular chemist (up from 419th in 2019), the 2,751st most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,896th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Agnes Pockels ranks 401 out of 602. Before her are George Washington Carver, Coenraad Johannes van Houten, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Luke Howard, Albert Niemann, and Constantin Fahlberg. After her are Otto Ambros, John William Draper, Arthur Aikin, Fausto Elhuyar, Peter J. Ratcliffe, and Jennifer Doudna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Agnes Pockels ranks 86. Before her are Charles Evans Hughes, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Maurice Emmanuel, Abram Arkhipov, Movses Silikyan, and Vladimir Burtsev. After her are Eugène Jansson, Bajram Curri, Tang Shaoyi, Prince Alfons of Bavaria, Alexander Trepov, and Émile Mâle. Among people deceased in 1935, Agnes Pockels ranks 75. Before her are Henri Pélissier, Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Qu Qiubai, Yusuf Akçura, and Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon. After her are Richard Mollier, Mack Swain, Dutch Schultz, Georg Jensen, Nie Er, and Huey Long.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Agnes Pockels ranks 2,751 out of 5,161. Before her are Antonio Fogazzaro (1842), Camillo Boito (1836), Bruno Zevi (1918), Susanna Tamaro (1957), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), and Luigi Alamanni (1495). After her are Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (1829), Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714), Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa (1854), Lando Buzzanca (1935), Luigi Sturzo (1871), and Marilù Tolo (1944).

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Among CHEMISTS In Italy

Among chemists born in Italy, Agnes Pockels ranks 6. Before her are Amedeo Avogadro (1776), Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826), Ascanio Sobrero (1812), Giulio Natta (1903), and Édouard Herzen (1877).

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