CHEMIST

Gerhard Schrader

1903 - 1990

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Gerhard Schrader (25 February 1903 – 10 April 1990) was a German chemist specializing in the discovery of new insecticides, hoping to make progress in the fight against hunger in the world. Schrader is best known for his accidental discovery of nerve agents including sarin and tabun. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerhard Schrader has received more than 157,320 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard Schrader is the 469th most popular chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Gerhard Schrader ranks 469 out of 602. Before him are Zdenko Hans Skraup, Isabella Karle, Johan Kjeldahl, James Smithson, William Nicholson, and Phoebus Levene. After him are Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, Pierre Adet, Peter Woulfe, Robert Havemann, Archibald Scott Couper, and Jan Szczepanik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Gerhard Schrader ranks 222. Before him are Khalid al-Azm, Big Bill Broonzy, Carlos Prío Socarrás, Gioacchino Colombo, Jeanette MacDonald, and Georges de Rham. After him are Jean Cavaillès, Wim Anderiesen, Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia, Yashpal, Dumitru Stăniloae, and Alexander Bek. Among people deceased in 1990, Gerhard Schrader ranks 190. Before him are Ivar Lo-Johansson, Roman Vishniac, Giorgio Ghezzi, Paco Godia, Georges de Rham, and Laurence J. Peter. After him are Turan Dursun, Mário Pinto de Andrade, Léopold Anoul, Hector Dyer, Nadia Gamal, and Ludwig Lachmann.

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