1862 - 1935
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. From these studies, Pockels defined the "Pockels Point" which is the minimum area that a single molecule can occupy in monomolecular films.Pockels was an autodidact. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agnes Pockels has received more than 66,259 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Agnes Pockels is the 419th most popular chemist (down from 369th in 2019), the 2,902nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,388th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Chemist.
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Among chemists, Agnes Pockels ranks 419 out of 509. Before her are Roderick MacKinnon, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Koichi Tanaka, Kathleen Lonsdale, and Eric Betzig. After her are Anders Jahan Retzius, Donella Meadows, Nils Gabriel Sefström, Nikolay Zinin, Isabella Karle, and Edmond Frémy.
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 413
1795 - 1877
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 414
1852 - 1903
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 415
1959 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 416
1903 - 1971
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 417
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 418
1862 - 1935
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 419
1742 - 1821
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 420
1941 - 2001
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 421
1787 - 1845
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 422
1812 - 1880
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 423
1921 - 2017
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 424
1814 - 1894
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 425
Among people born in 1862, Agnes Pockels ranks 97. Before her are Maironis, John R. Commons, Émile Mâle, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Mykola Pymonenko, and Edward Granville Browne. After her are Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Emil von Sauer, Frank Muller, Pyotr Kozlov, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, and Theodor Fischer. Among people deceased in 1935, Agnes Pockels ranks 85. Before her are Jules Cambon, Erich von Hornbostel, Oda Krohg, Childe Hassam, Sun Chuanfang, and Nina Grieg. After her are Charles Demuth, Hans Baluschek, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Pyotr Kozlov, Johannes Thiele, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr..
1862 - 1932
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 91
1862 - 1945
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 92
1862 - 1954
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 93
1862 - 1931
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 94
1862 - 1912
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 95
1862 - 1926
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 96
1862 - 1935
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 97
1862 - 1932
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 98
1862 - 1942
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 99
1862 - 1917
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 100
1862 - 1935
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 101
1862 - 1931
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 102
1862 - 1938
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 103
1845 - 1935
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 79
1877 - 1935
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 80
1860 - 1935
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 81
1859 - 1935
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 82
1885 - 1935
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 83
1845 - 1935
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 84
1862 - 1935
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 85
1883 - 1935
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 86
1870 - 1935
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 87
1847 - 1935
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 88
1862 - 1935
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 89
1860 - 1935
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 90
1841 - 1935
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 91
Among people born in Italy, Agnes Pockels ranks 2,902 out of 4,668. Before her are Appius Claudius Pulcher (-300), Sergio Bertoni (1915), Vasco Pratolini (1913), Carlo Rosselli (1899), Carlo Mazzone (1937), and Margherita Maria Farnese (1664). After her are Nicola Vicentino (1511), Hieronymus of Syracuse (-231), Ciro Ferrara (1967), Ecphantus the Pythagorean (null), Gianluigi Donnarumma (1999), and Mantovani (1905).
300 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 2,896
1915 - 1995
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 2,897
1913 - 1991
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 2,898
1899 - 1937
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 2,899
1937 - 2023
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 2,900
1664 - 1718
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 2,901
1862 - 1935
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 2,902
1511 - 1576
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 2,903
231 BC - 214 BC
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 2,904
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 2,905
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 2,906
1999 - Present
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 2,907
1905 - 1980
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 2,908
Among chemists born in Italy, Agnes Pockels ranks 5. Before her are Amedeo Avogadro (1776), Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826), Giulio Natta (1903), and Ascanio Sobrero (1812).
1776 - 1856
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 1
1826 - 1910
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 2
1903 - 1979
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 3
1812 - 1888
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 4
1862 - 1935
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 5