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Carl Reichenbach

1788 - 1869

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Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Reichenbach (German pronunciation: [ˈkaʁl ˈluːtvɪç ˈfʁaɪhɛɐ̯ fɔn ˈʁaɪçn̩bax]; February 12, 1788 – January 19, 1869), known as Carl Reichenbach, was a German chemist, geologist, metallurgist, naturalist, industrialist and philosopher, and a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. He is best known for his discoveries of several chemical products of economic importance, extracted from tar, such as eupione, waxy paraffin, pittacal (the first synthetic dye) and phenol (an antiseptic). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Reichenbach has received more than 99,646 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Reichenbach is the 301st most popular chemist (down from 246th in 2019), the 1,782nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,388th in 2019) and the 54th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Carl Reichenbach ranks 301 out of 509. Before him are Ben Feringa, Dudley R. Herschbach, Edward Frankland, M. Stanley Whittingham, Smithson Tennant, and Antoine Baumé. After him are Akira Yoshino, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., Yuan T. Lee, Edwin G. Krebs, Alice Ball, and J. D. Bernal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Carl Reichenbach ranks 21. Before him are Étienne Cabet, Ranavalona I, Rama III, Antoine César Becquerel, Mikhail Lazarev, and Leopold Gmelin. After him are Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, David d'Angers, Felice Romani, Friedrich Rückert, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, and FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan. Among people deceased in 1869, Carl Reichenbach ranks 19. Before him are Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Hijikata Toshizō, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Roger Fenton, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, and Carl Gustav Carus. After him are Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, John A. Roebling, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, Julian Fontana, and Mehmed Fuad Pasha.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Reichenbach ranks 1,782 out of 6,142. Before him are Regino of Prüm (842), Claude Dornier (1884), Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778), Heinrich Geißler (1814), John Sutter (1803), and Friedrich Hossbach (1894). After him are Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (1885), Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria (1752), Johann Trollmann (1907), Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617), Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806), and Cerdic of Wessex (467).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Carl Reichenbach ranks 54. Before him are Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), Hartmut Michel (1948), Andreas Libavius (1555), Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818), and Leopold Gmelin (1788). After him are Viktor Meyer (1848), Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806), Clemens Winkler (1838), Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794), and Thomas C. Südhof (1955).

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