CHEMIST
Alfred Werner
1866 - 1919
Alfred Werner
Alfred Werner (12 December 1866 – 15 November 1919) was a Swiss chemist who was a student at ETH Zurich and a professor at the University of Zurich. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1913 for proposing the octahedral configuration of transition metal complexes. Werner developed the basis for modern coordination chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Werner has received more than 235,803 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Alfred Werner is the 46th most popular chemist (down from 25th in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from France (down from 305th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Chemist.
Alfred Werner is most famous for his discovery of the chemical composition of chlorophyll.
Memorability Metrics
240k
Page Views (PV)
68.13
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
69
Languages Editions (L)
13.63
Effective Languages (L*)
3.16
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Alfred Werner ranks 46 out of 602. Before him are August Kekulé, Valery Legasov, Adolf von Baeyer, Adolf Butenandt, Gerty Cori, and Kurt Alder. After him are Paul Sabatier, Friedrich Bergius, Frederick Sanger, Arthur Harden, Fritz Pregl, and Melvin Calvin.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsAugust Kekulé
1829 - 1896
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 40
Valery Legasov
1936 - 1988
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 41
Adolf von Baeyer
1835 - 1917
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 42
Adolf Butenandt
1903 - 1995
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 43
Gerty Cori
1896 - 1957
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 44
Kurt Alder
1902 - 1958
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 45
Alfred Werner
1866 - 1919
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 46
Paul Sabatier
1854 - 1941
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 47
Friedrich Bergius
1884 - 1949
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 48
Frederick Sanger
1918 - 2013
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 49
Arthur Harden
1865 - 1940
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 50
Fritz Pregl
1869 - 1930
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 51
Melvin Calvin
1911 - 1997
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 52
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1866, Alfred Werner ranks 9. Before him are Romain Rolland, George Gurdjieff, Erik Satie, H. G. Wells, Antoine Meillet, and Thomas Hunt Morgan. After him are Benedetto Croce, Giovanni Agnelli, Aby Warburg, Hans von Seeckt, Aleksandr Ulyanov, and Charles Nicolle. Among people deceased in 1919, Alfred Werner ranks 14. Before him are Karl Liebknecht, Emiliano Zapata, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Carl Larsson, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, and Andrew Carnegie. After him are Yakov Sverdlov, William Crookes, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, and Ismail Qemali.
Others Born in 1866
Go to all RankingsRomain Rolland
WRITER
1866 - 1944
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 3
George Gurdjieff
PHILOSOPHER
1866 - 1949
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 4
Erik Satie
COMPOSER
1866 - 1925
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 5
H. G. Wells
WRITER
1866 - 1946
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 6
Antoine Meillet
LINGUIST
1866 - 1936
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 7
Thomas Hunt Morgan
BIOLOGIST
1866 - 1945
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 8
Alfred Werner
CHEMIST
1866 - 1919
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 9
Benedetto Croce
PHILOSOPHER
1866 - 1952
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 10
Giovanni Agnelli
BUSINESSPERSON
1866 - 1945
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 11
Aby Warburg
HISTORIAN
1866 - 1929
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 12
Hans von Seeckt
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1866 - 1936
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 13
Aleksandr Ulyanov
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1866 - 1887
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 14
Charles Nicolle
PHYSICIAN
1866 - 1936
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 15
Others Deceased in 1919
Go to all RankingsKarl Liebknecht
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1919
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 8
Emiliano Zapata
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1879 - 1919
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 9
Ruggero Leoncavallo
COMPOSER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 10
Carl Larsson
PAINTER
1853 - 1919
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 11
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
PHYSICIST
1842 - 1919
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 12
Andrew Carnegie
BUSINESSPERSON
1835 - 1919
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 13
Alfred Werner
CHEMIST
1866 - 1919
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 14
Yakov Sverdlov
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1919
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 15
William Crookes
CHEMIST
1832 - 1919
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 16
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
COMPANION
1860 - 1919
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 17
Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1842 - 1919
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 18
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1919
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 19
Ismail Qemali
POLITICIAN
1844 - 1919
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 20
In France
Among people born in France, Alfred Werner ranks 491 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Delors (1925), Mireille Darc (1938), Hippolyte Fizeau (1819), Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), Antoine of Navarre (1518), and Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714). After him are Christine Lagarde (1956), Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), William II of England (1056), and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsJacques Delors
ECONOMIST
1925 - 2023
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 485
Mireille Darc
ACTOR
1938 - 2017
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 486
Hippolyte Fizeau
PHYSICIST
1819 - 1896
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 487
Louis-Alexandre Berthier
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1753 - 1815
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 488
Antoine of Navarre
POLITICIAN
1518 - 1562
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 489
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
PHILOSOPHER
1714 - 1780
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 490
Alfred Werner
CHEMIST
1866 - 1919
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 491
Christine Lagarde
POLITICIAN
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 492
Margaret Mary Alacoque
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1647 - 1690
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 493
Jean-Marie Le Pen
POLITICIAN
1928 - Present
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 494
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
PHILOSOPHER
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 495
William II of England
POLITICIAN
1056 - 1100
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 496
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1045 - 1105
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 497
Among CHEMISTS In France
Among chemists born in France, Alfred Werner ranks 6. Before him are Louis Pasteur (1822), Antoine Lavoisier (1743), Irène Joliot-Curie (1897), Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778), and Henri Moissan (1852). After him are Paul Sabatier (1854), Victor Grignard (1871), Jacques Monod (1910), Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), Joseph Black (1728), and Joseph Proust (1754).
Louis Pasteur
1822 - 1895
HPI: 85.97
Rank: 1
Antoine Lavoisier
1743 - 1794
HPI: 82.14
Rank: 2
Irène Joliot-Curie
1897 - 1956
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 3
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
1778 - 1850
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 4
Henri Moissan
1852 - 1907
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 5
Alfred Werner
1866 - 1919
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 6
Paul Sabatier
1854 - 1941
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 7
Victor Grignard
1871 - 1935
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 8
Jacques Monod
1910 - 1976
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 9
Claude Louis Berthollet
1748 - 1822
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 10
Joseph Black
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 11
Joseph Proust
1754 - 1826
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 12