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Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein

1740 - 1825

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Franz-Joseph Müller, Freiherr von Reichenstein or Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1 July 1740 or 4 October 1742 – 12 October 1825 or 1826) was an Austrian mineralogist and mining engineer. Müller held several positions in the Habsburg monarchy administration of mines and coinage in the Banat, Transylvania, and Tyrol. During his time in Transylvania he discovered tellurium in 1782. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein has received more than 42,605 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein is the 324th most popular chemist (down from 318th in 2019), the 446th most popular biography from Austria (up from 450th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein ranks 324 out of 602. Before him are M. Stanley Whittingham, Clemens Winkler, Louis E. Brus, Charles Friedel, Richard J. Roberts, and Sendivogius. After him are Alexandre Brongniart, Frances Arnold, Victor Goldschmidt, François-Marie Raoult, Jean Stas, and Eilhard Mitscherlich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein ranks 14. Before him are Johann van Beethoven, Johann Jacob Schweppe, Carl Michael Bellman, Giambattista Bodoni, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, and Louis-Sébastien Mercier. After him are James Boswell, John Latham, Matthias Claudius, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, and Johan Tobias Sergel. Among people deceased in 1825, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein ranks 16. Before him are Henry Fuseli, Dmitry Bortniansky, Laskarina Bouboulina, Vivant Denon, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, and Mikhail Miloradovich. After him are Johann Friedrich Pfaff, Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Vladimir Borovikovsky, Juan Martín Díez, Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Daniel D. Tompkins.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein ranks 446 out of 1,424. Before him are Anna Mahler (1904), Eva Schloss (1929), Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638), Carlo Abarth (1908), Avgustyn Voloshyn (1874), and Wolf Albach-Retty (1906). After him are Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (1894), Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1822), Gitta Sereny (1921), Eduard Roschmann (1908), Sylvester Stadler (1910), and Alexander Korda (1893).

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Among CHEMISTS In Austria

Among chemists born in Austria, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein ranks 7. Before him are Fritz Pregl (1869), Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865), Richard Kuhn (1900), Max Perutz (1914), Martin Karplus (1930), and Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858). After him are Carl Djerassi (1923), and Ida Freund (1863).

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