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Friedrich Wöhler

1800 - 1882

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Friedrich Wöhler (German: [ˈvøːlɐ]) FRS(For) HonFRSE (31 July 1800 – 23 September 1882) was a German chemist known for his work in both organic and inorganic chemistry, being the first to isolate the chemical elements beryllium and yttrium in pure metallic form. He was the first to prepare several inorganic compounds, including silane and silicon nitride. Wöhler is also known for seminal contributions in organic chemistry, in particular, the Wöhler synthesis of urea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Wöhler has received more than 467,123 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 62 in 2019). Friedrich Wöhler is the 17th most popular chemist (down from 16th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Germany (up from 160th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Chemist.

Friedrich Wöhler is most famous for his synthesis of urea, which disproved the idea that organic compounds could only be created by living organisms.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Friedrich Wöhler ranks 17 out of 509. Before him are Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Fritz Haber, Linus Pauling, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, and Wilhelm Ostwald. After him are Otto Hahn, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Humphry Davy, Emil Fischer, Albert Hofmann, and Edwin McMillan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Friedrich Wöhler ranks 1. After him are Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Emperor Ninkō, Charles Goodyear, Millard Fillmore, Henry Fox Talbot, France Prešeren, James Clark Ross, John Edward Gray, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Ludwig Ritter von Köchel. Among people deceased in 1882, Friedrich Wöhler ranks 3. Before him are Charles Darwin and Giuseppe Garibaldi. After him are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jesse James, Arthur de Gobineau, Theodor Schwann, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Bruno Bauer, Louis Blanc, Francesco Hayez, and William Stanley Jevons.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wöhler ranks 159 out of 6,142. Before him are Friedrich Ebert (1871), Pope Joan (null), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Georg Simmel (1858), Max Müller (1823), and Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795). After him are Hans Frank (1900), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Gottlob Frege (1848), and Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Friedrich Wöhler ranks 2. Before him are Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742). After him are Otto Hahn (1879), Emil Fischer (1852), Eduard Buchner (1860), Justus von Liebig (1803), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), August Kekulé (1829), Robert Bunsen (1811), Carl Bosch (1874), Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), and Adolf Butenandt (1903).

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