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Georg Ernst Stahl

1659 - 1734

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Georg Ernst Stahl (22 October 1659 – 24 May 1734) was a German chemist, physician and philosopher. He was a supporter of vitalism, and until the late 18th century his works on phlogiston were accepted as an explanation for chemical processes. Raised as a son to a Lutheran pastor, he was brought up in a very pious and religious household. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Ernst Stahl has received more than 162,781 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Ernst Stahl is the 153rd most popular chemist (down from 123rd in 2019), the 836th most popular biography from Germany (down from 714th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Chemist.

Georg Ernst Stahl is most famous for his theory of phlogiston, which he proposed in 1703. Phlogiston was a substance that was released when something burned.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Georg Ernst Stahl ranks 153 out of 602. Before him are Jaroslav Heyrovský, Arthur Kornberg, Ahmed Zewail, Edmond H. Fischer, Julius Axelrod, and Yves Chauvin. After him are Johann Deisenhofer, George Porter, Kary Mullis, Karl Barry Sharpless, Robert Huber, and Jerome Karle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1659, Georg Ernst Stahl ranks 6. Before him are Henry Purcell, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Jacob Roggeveen, Henry Every, and Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang. After him are Pieter van der Aa, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Sebastiano Ricci, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Adriaen van der Werff, and Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. Among people deceased in 1734, Georg Ernst Stahl ranks 2. Before him is Claude Louis Hector de Villars. After him are Giovanni Ceva, Richard Cantillon, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, Sebastiano Ricci, Rob Roy MacGregor, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Johann Conrad Dippel, Domenico Trezzini, and Danylo Apostol.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Ernst Stahl ranks 836 out of 7,253. Before him are Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), Otto Ernst Remer (1912), Bruno of Querfurt (970), Herta Oberheuser (1911), and Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1505). After him are Karlheinz Böhm (1928), Friedrich Mohs (1773), Felix Magath (1953), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Hugo Junkers (1859), and Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Georg Ernst Stahl ranks 32. Before him are Fritz Strassmann (1902), Gerhard Ertl (1936), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Manfred Eigen (1927), Georg Wittig (1897), and Joachim Frank (1940). After him are Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Robert Huber (1937), Ernst Chain (1906), August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), and Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802).

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