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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen

1895 - 1973

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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (Finnish: [ˈɑrtːuri ˈʔilmɑri ˈʋirtɑnen] ; 15 January 1895 – 11 November 1973) was a Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method". He invented AIV silage which improved milk production and a method of preserving butter, the AIV salt, which led to increased Finnish butter exports. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Artturi Ilmari Virtanen has received more than 129,711 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Artturi Ilmari Virtanen is the 86th most popular chemist (up from 95th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Finland (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Chemist.

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen is best known for his work on the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen ranks 86 out of 602. Before him are James B. Sumner, Hans Adolf Krebs, Odd Hassel, William Crookes, Henry Hallett Dale, and Johann Rudolf Glauber. After him are Michel Eugène Chevreul, Richard Kuhn, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Paul Hermann Müller, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, and Frederick Gowland Hopkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen ranks 34. Before him are Anastas Mikoyan, Gerhard Domagk, Cemal Gürsel, Ragnar Frisch, Rudolph Valentino, and Oskar Dirlewanger. After him are Babe Ruth, Wilhelm Burgdorf, László Moholy-Nagy, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, and Vladimir Propp. Among people deceased in 1973, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen ranks 32. Before him are Charles Greeley Abbot, Gabriel Marcel, Semyon Budyonny, Anna Magnani, Ragnar Frisch, and Hans Albert Einstein. After him are Selman Waksman, Jacques Maritain, Karl Ziegler, Luis Carrero Blanco, Walter Rudolf Hess, and Gerard Kuiper.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen ranks 18 out of 751. Before him are Urho Kekkonen (1900), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Lars Ahlfors (1907), Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Elias Lönnrot (1802), and Mikael Agricola (1510). After him are Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832), Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Arto Paasilinna (1942), and Johan Gadolin (1760).

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Among CHEMISTS In Finland

Among chemists born in Finland, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen ranks 1. After him are Johan Gadolin (1760).

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