CHEMIST

Heinrich Gustav Magnus

1802 - 1870

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Heinrich Gustav Magnus (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈɡʊsta(ː)f ˈma(ː)ɡnʊs]; 2 May 1802 – 4 April 1870) was a German experimental scientist. His training was mostly in chemistry but his later research was mostly in physics. He spent the great bulk of his career at the University of Berlin, where he is remembered for his laboratory teaching as much as for his original research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Gustav Magnus has received more than 84,567 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Heinrich Gustav Magnus is the 190th most popular chemist (down from 157th in 2019), the 1,014th most popular biography from Germany (down from 913th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Chemist.

Heinrich Gustav Magnus was a German physicist who was most famous for his work on the Magnus effect.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Heinrich Gustav Magnus ranks 190 out of 602. Before him are Paul D. Boyer, John E. Walker, F. Sherwood Rowland, Nicolas Leblanc, Robert S. Mulliken, and Emil Erlenmeyer. After him are Hennig Brand, Roald Hoffmann, Alan MacDiarmid, Paul L. Modrich, Robert Curl, and William Standish Knowles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Heinrich Gustav Magnus ranks 13. Before him are János Bolyai, Miguel I of Portugal, Wilhelm Hauff, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Charles Wheatstone, and Germain Henri Hess. After him are Pavel Nakhimov, Husein Gradaščević, Antoine Jérôme Balard, Harriet Martineau, Alcide d'Orbigny, and Nikolaus Lenau. Among people deceased in 1870, Heinrich Gustav Magnus ranks 13. Before him are Josef Strauss, Francisco Solano López, Alexander Herzen, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. After him are Ferdinand von Wrangel, Victor Noir, Anthony Mary Claret, Gabriel Lamé, Princess Louise of Prussia, and Saverio Mercadante.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Gustav Magnus ranks 1,014 out of 7,253. Before him are Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526), Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), Manuel Neuer (1986), Herbert Gille (1897), and Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817). After him are Emil Jellinek (1853), Hennig Brand (1630), Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597), Gert Fröbe (1913), Hrotsvitha (935), and Walter Röhrl (1947).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Heinrich Gustav Magnus ranks 38. Before him are Georg Ernst Stahl (1659), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Robert Huber (1937), Ernst Chain (1906), August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), and Emil Erlenmeyer (1825). After him are Hennig Brand (1630), Hermann Kolbe (1818), Gerhard Herzberg (1904), Friedrich Sertürner (1783), Franz Karl Achard (1753), and Hartmut Michel (1948).

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