CHEMIST

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 495,977 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Friedrich Wöhler is the 20th most popular chemist (down from 17th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Germany (down from 159th in 2019) and the 3rd 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 20 out of 602. Before him are Wilhelm Ostwald, Otto Hahn, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Linus Pauling, and Edwin McMillan. After him are Paul Karrer, William Ramsay, Emil Fischer, Eduard Buchner, Albert Hofmann, and Otto Wallach.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wöhler ranks 168 out of 7,253. Before him are Pope Damasus II (1000), Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805), Thomas Müntzer (1489), Johann Christian Bach (1735), Leopold Mozart (1719), and Alois Alzheimer (1864). After him are Georg Simmel (1858), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Philip Melanchthon (1497), and Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Friedrich Wöhler ranks 3. Before him are Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742), and Otto Hahn (1879). After him are Emil Fischer (1852), Eduard Buchner (1860), Justus von Liebig (1803), Robert Bunsen (1811), Carl Bosch (1874), August Kekulé (1829), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Adolf Butenandt (1903), and Adolf Windaus (1876).

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