1858 - 1929
Carl Auer von Welsbach (1 September 1858 – 4 August 1929), who received the Austrian noble title of Freiherr Auer von Welsbach in 1901, was an Austrian scientist and inventor, who separated didymium into the elements neodymium and praseodymium in 1885. He was also one of three scientists to independently discover the element lutetium (which he named cassiopeium), separating it from ytterbium in 1907, setting off the longest priority dispute in the history of chemistry.He had a talent not only for making scientific advances, but also for turning them into commercially successful products. His work on rare-earth elements led to the development of the ferrocerium "flints" used in modern lighters, the gas mantle that brought light to the streets of Europe in the late 19th century, and the metal-filament light bulb. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Auer von Welsbach has received more than 121,246 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Auer von Welsbach is the 258th most popular chemist (down from 216th in 2019), the 346th most popular biography from Austria (down from 309th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Chemist.
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Among chemists, Carl Auer von Welsbach ranks 258 out of 509. Before him are Karl Barry Sharpless, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Kikunae Ikeda, and Martin Karplus. After him are Roger D. Kornberg, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Emil Abderhalden, Alexander Butlerov, and Martin Rodbell.
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 252
1698 - 1739
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 253
1722 - 1765
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 254
1921 - 1996
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 255
1864 - 1936
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 256
1930 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 257
1858 - 1929
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 258
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 259
1799 - 1868
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 260
1822 - 1882
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 261
1877 - 1950
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 262
1828 - 1886
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 263
1925 - 1998
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 264
Among people born in 1858, Carl Auer von Welsbach ranks 41. Before him are Princess Louise of Belgium, Alois Riegl, Michael Hainisch, Keke Geladze, Ludwig Quidde, and Gaetano Mosca. After him are Saad Zaghloul, Jan Toorop, Pandita Ramabai, Saitō Makoto, Albrecht Penck, and Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich. Among people deceased in 1929, Carl Auer von Welsbach ranks 33. Before him are Franz Rosenzweig, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Thomas Burke, and Liang Qichao. After him are Tanaka Giichi, Asa Griggs Candler, La Goulue, Manuel Gomes da Costa, Rainis, and Enrico Ferri.
1858 - 1924
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 35
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 36
1858 - 1940
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 37
1858 - 1937
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 38
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 39
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 40
1858 - 1929
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 41
1858 - 1927
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 42
1858 - 1928
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 43
1858 - 1922
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 44
1858 - 1936
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 45
1858 - 1945
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 46
1858 - 1940
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 47
1886 - 1929
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 27
1840 - 1929
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 28
1845 - 1929
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 29
1860 - 1929
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 30
1875 - 1929
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 31
1873 - 1929
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 32
1858 - 1929
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 33
1864 - 1929
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 34
1851 - 1929
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 35
1866 - 1929
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 36
1863 - 1929
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 37
1865 - 1929
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 38
1856 - 1929
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 39
Among people born in Austria, Carl Auer von Welsbach ranks 346 out of 1,237. Before him are Robert Adler (1913), Constanze Manziarly (1920), Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania (1574), Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (1909), René Spitz (1887), and Martin Karplus (1930). After him are Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870), Erich Kleiber (1890), Eva Schloss (1929), Otto Gross (1877), André Gorz (1923), and Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia (1204).
1913 - 2007
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 340
1920 - 1945
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 341
1574 - 1621
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 342
1909 - 1998
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 343
1887 - 1974
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 344
1930 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 345
1858 - 1929
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 346
1870 - 1902
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 347
1890 - 1956
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 348
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 349
1877 - 1920
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 350
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 351
1204 - 1267
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 352
Among chemists born in Austria, Carl Auer von Welsbach ranks 6. Before him are Fritz Pregl (1869), Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865), Richard Kuhn (1900), Max Perutz (1914), and Martin Karplus (1930). After him are Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1740), Carl Djerassi (1923), and Ida Freund (1863).
1869 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 1
1865 - 1929
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 2
1900 - 1967
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 3
1914 - 2002
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 4
1930 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 5
1858 - 1929
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 6
1740 - 1825
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 7
1923 - 2015
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 8
1863 - 1914
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 9