CHEMIST

Ernest Solvay

1838 - 1922

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Ernest Gaston Joseph Solvay (French: [sɔlvɛ]; 16 April 1838 – 26 May 1922) was a Belgian chemist, industrialist and philanthropist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Solvay has received more than 236,332 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ernest Solvay is the 104th most popular chemist (down from 89th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 78th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Chemist.

Ernest Solvay was a Belgian chemist and industrialist. He is most famous for inventing a process to produce sodium carbonate, which is used in the production of glass, paper, soap, and detergents.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ernest Solvay ranks 104 out of 602. Before him are Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Carl Ferdinand Cori, Felix Hoffmann, William Giauque, Stanford Moore, and Paul Berg. After him are Robert Robinson, Konrad Emil Bloch, Richard R. Ernst, Fritz Strassmann, Per Teodor Cleve, and Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Ernest Solvay ranks 9. Before him are Ernst Mach, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Max Bruch, Jan Matejko, Luís I of Portugal, and Tobias Asser. After him are Franz Brentano, Émile Loubet, Léon Gambetta, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Yamagata Aritomo, and Anton Mauve. Among people deceased in 1922, Ernest Solvay ranks 17. Before him are Walther Rathenau, Georges Sorel, Djemal Pasha, Michael Collins, Ernest Shackleton, and Albert I, Prince of Monaco. After him are Vittorio Monti, Rudolf Kjellén, Yamagata Aritomo, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Andrey Markov, and Léon Bonnat.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ernest Solvay ranks 82 out of 1,190. Before him are Dominique Pire (1910), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Corneille Heymans (1892), Henri Pirenne (1862), Father Damien (1840), and Peyo (1928). After him are Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Jacky Ickx (1945), Étienne Lenoir (1822), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), Matilda of Flanders (1031), and Jacques Piccard (1922).

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Among CHEMISTS In Belgium

Among chemists born in Belgium, Ernest Solvay ranks 2. Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580). After him are Yves Chauvin (1930), Leo Baekeland (1863), Jean Stas (1813), George Sarton (1884), and Gilbert Stork (1921).

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