CHEMIST

Hans Goldschmidt

1861 - 1923

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Johannes Wilhelm "Hans" Goldschmidt (18 January 1861 – 21 May 1923) was a German chemist notable as the discoverer of the Thermite reaction. He was also co-owner of the Chemische Fabrik Th. Goldschmidt, as of 1911 Th. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Goldschmidt has received more than 37,308,521 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Goldschmidt is the 495th most popular chemist (down from 462nd in 2019), the 4,567th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,003rd in 2019) and the 91st most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Hans Goldschmidt ranks 495 out of 602. Before him are Alwin Mittasch, Adolph Strecker, Heinrich Caro, C. N. R. Rao, Christian Gmelin, and Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt. After him are Johannes Wislicenus, Edward Charles Howard, Oswald Schmiedeberg, Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, Jacob Volhard, and Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Hans Goldschmidt ranks 115. Before him are Helen Herron Taft, Frederic Remington, Saint-Pol-Roux, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Phyllis Allen, and Émile Grumiaux. After him are Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Frederick Russell Burnham, Malalai of Maiwand, J. B. Bury, Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso, and Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz. Among people deceased in 1923, Hans Goldschmidt ranks 91. Before him are Vatslav Vorovsky, Georg von Rosen, Michel de Klerk, Wilhelm Killing, Tomás Bretón, and Stefanos Dragoumis. After him are Eugen Huber, Tage Reedtz-Thott, Jan Kotěra, Jacoba van Heemskerck, Alfhild Agrell, and Dmitry Anuchin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Goldschmidt ranks 4,567 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudolf Kittel (1853), Oskar Messter (1866), Cuno Hoffmeister (1892), Oskar Lenz (1848), Christian Gmelin (1792), and Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825). After him are Otto Gebühr (1877), Jens Weißflog (1964), Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804), Heinrich Hofmann (1824), Wilhelm Camphausen (1818), and Wolfgang Rolff (1959).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Hans Goldschmidt ranks 91. Before him are Ludwig Knorr (1859), Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750), Ludwig Mond (1839), Alwin Mittasch (1869), Adolph Strecker (1822), and Christian Gmelin (1792). After him are Johannes Wislicenus (1835), Jacob Volhard (1834), Adolph Frank (1834), Julius Wilbrand (1839), Gustav Rose (1798), and Rainer Ludwig Claisen (1851).

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