CHEMIST

André-Louis Debierne

1874 - 1949

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André-Louis Debierne (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe lwi dəbjɛʁn]; 14 July 1874 – 31 August 1949) was a French chemist. He is often considered the discoverer of the element actinium, though H. W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André-Louis Debierne has received more than 89,588 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). André-Louis Debierne is the 295th most popular chemist (up from 370th in 2019), the 1,807th most popular biography from France (up from 2,908th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, André-Louis Debierne ranks 295 out of 602Before him are Erwin Chargaff, Ben Feringa, Alexander Butlerov, Carl Gustaf Mosander, Richard R. Schrock, and C. H. D. Buys Ballot. After him are Anselme Payen, Smithson Tennant, Michael Levitt, Antoine Baumé, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., and Tapputi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, André-Louis Debierne ranks 56Before him are Henri Farman, Elsa Beskow, Albin Lermusiaux, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, and Thomas J. Watson. After him are Franz Schmidt, Isaac Carasso, Martin Lowry, Emilie Louise Flöge, Carl Schlechter, and Reginald Johnston. Among people deceased in 1949, André-Louis Debierne ranks 44Before him are Béla Balázs, Ulrich Salchow, Joaquín Turina, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, Harry Stack Sullivan, and Yoshijirō Umezu. After him are Leonard Bloomfield, Maurice Blondel, Hanns Albin Rauter, Prince Harald of Denmark, Hans Pfitzner, and Vítězslav Novák.

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In France

Among people born in France, André-Louis Debierne ranks 1,807 out of 6,770Before him are Pierre Bérégovoy (1925), Raymond Roussel (1877), Constant Troyon (1810), Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (1701), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), and Richeza of Lotharingia (995). After him are Philibert de l'Orme (1514), Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), Henri Grégoire (1750), Étienne Balibar (1942), Marcel Achard (1899), and Christiane Martel (1936).

Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, André-Louis Debierne ranks 29Before him are Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), Luis Federico Leloir (1906), Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), and Bernard Courtois (1777). After him are Anselme Payen (1795), Antoine Baumé (1728), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Charles Friedel (1822), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), and François-Marie Raoult (1830).