1853 - 1927
Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel (German pronunciation: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈkɔsl̩] (listen); 16 September 1853 – 5 July 1927) was a German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1910 for his work in determining the chemical composition of nucleic acids, the genetic substance of biological cells. Kossel isolated and described the five organic compounds that are present in nucleic acid: adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albrecht Kossel has received more than 136,095 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Albrecht Kossel is the 52nd most popular biologist (down from 50th in 2019), the 568th most popular biography from Germany (down from 505th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Biologist.
Albrecht Kossel was a German biochemist who was most famous for his work in determining the chemical composition of nucleic acids.
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Among biologists, Albrecht Kossel ranks 52 out of 844. Before him are Robert Brown, Christian de Duve, Theodor Schwann, Hans Spemann, Hugo de Vries, and Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin. After him are Ernst Mayr, Vladimir Vernadsky, François Jacob, John Edward Gray, Herman Boerhaave, and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.
1773 - 1858
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 46
1917 - 2013
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 47
1810 - 1882
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 48
1869 - 1941
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 49
1848 - 1935
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 50
1855 - 1935
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 51
1853 - 1927
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 52
1904 - 2005
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 53
1863 - 1945
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 54
1920 - 2013
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 55
1800 - 1875
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 56
1668 - 1738
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 57
1772 - 1844
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 58
Among people born in 1853, Albrecht Kossel ranks 13. Before him are Aleksei Brusilov, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Carl Larsson, José Martí, Vladimir Solovyov, and Ferdinand Hodler. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Errico Malatesta, Hans Christian Gram, Alphonse Bertillon, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, and Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein. Among people deceased in 1927, Albrecht Kossel ranks 9. Before him are Juan Gris, Ferdinand I of Romania, Willem Einthoven, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Carlota of Mexico, and Gaston Leroux. After him are Jerome K. Jerome, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Hugo Ball, Andranik, Georg Brandes, and Kang Youwei.
1853 - 1926
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 7
1853 - 1931
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 8
1853 - 1919
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 9
1853 - 1895
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 10
1853 - 1900
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 11
1853 - 1918
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 12
1853 - 1927
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 13
1853 - 1920
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 14
1853 - 1932
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 15
1853 - 1938
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 16
1853 - 1914
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 17
1853 - 1907
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 18
1853 - 1938
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 19
1887 - 1927
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 3
1865 - 1927
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 4
1860 - 1927
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 5
1892 - 1927
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 6
1840 - 1927
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 7
1868 - 1927
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 8
1853 - 1927
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 9
1859 - 1927
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 10
1855 - 1927
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 11
1886 - 1927
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 12
1865 - 1927
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 13
1842 - 1927
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 14
1858 - 1927
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 15
Among people born in Germany, Albrecht Kossel ranks 568 out of 5,289. Before him are Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Sophia of Nassau (1836), Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817), Jürgen Stroop (1895), Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978), and Ulrich von Hutten (1488). After him are Johann Tetzel (1460), Rupert, King of Germany (1352), Henning von Tresckow (1901), August Schleicher (1821), Simon Marius (1573), and Hans Morgenthau (1904).
1699 - 1783
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 562
1836 - 1913
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 563
1817 - 1905
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 564
1895 - 1952
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 565
978 - 1039
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 566
1488 - 1523
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 567
1853 - 1927
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 568
1460 - 1519
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 569
1352 - 1410
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 570
1901 - 1944
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 571
1821 - 1868
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 572
1573 - 1625
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 573
1904 - 1980
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 574
Among biologists born in Germany, Albrecht Kossel ranks 8. Before him are Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), Peter Simon Pallas (1741), August Weismann (1834), Harald zur Hausen (1936), Theodor Schwann (1810), and Hans Spemann (1869). After him are Ernst Mayr (1904), Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804), Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), Julius Richard Petri (1852), Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795), and Bernard Katz (1911).
1647 - 1717
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 2
1741 - 1811
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 3
1834 - 1914
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 4
1936 - Present
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 5
1810 - 1882
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 6
1869 - 1941
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 7
1853 - 1927
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 8
1904 - 2005
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 9
1804 - 1881
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 10
1748 - 1804
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 11
1852 - 1921
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 12
1795 - 1876
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 13
1911 - 2003
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 14