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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 212,730 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Solvay is the 89th most popular chemist (down from 83rd in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 76th 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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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ernest Solvay ranks 89 out of 509. Before him are Johann Rudolf Glauber, Konrad Emil Bloch, Odd Hassel, Richard Kuhn, Fritz Albert Lipmann, and Felix Hoffmann. After him are Clara Immerwahr, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Harold Urey, Paul Hermann Müller, and Artturi Ilmari Virtanen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Ernest Solvay ranks 11. Before him are Max Bruch, Franz Brentano, Tobias Asser, Luís I of Portugal, Jan Matejko, and Prince Philippe, Count of Paris. After him are Émile Loubet, Léon Gambetta, Yamagata Aritomo, Princess Louise of Prussia, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Among people deceased in 1922, Ernest Solvay ranks 16. Before him are Ernest Shackleton, Hermann Rorschach, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Georges Sorel, and Vittorio Monti. After him are Michael Collins, Nellie Bly, Walther Rathenau, Yamagata Aritomo, Henri Désiré Landru, and Andrey Markov.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ernest Solvay ranks 78 out of 1,019. Before him are Herman Van Rompuy (1947), François Englert (1932), Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Ambiorix (-100), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), and Jacky Ickx (1945). After him are Hubert van Eyck (1366), Albert Claude (1899), Corneille Heymans (1892), Matilda of Flanders (1031), Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837), and Adrian Willaert (1490).

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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), George Sarton (1884), Jean Stas (1813), and Gilbert Stork (1921).

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