1818 - 1884
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (27 September 1818 – 25 November 1884) was a major contributor to the birth of modern organic chemistry. He was a professor at Marburg and Leipzig. Kolbe was the first to apply the term synthesis in a chemical context, and contributed to the philosophical demise of vitalism through synthesis of the organic substance acetic acid from carbon disulfide, and also contributed to the development of structural theory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Kolbe has received more than 99,735 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Hermann Kolbe is the 242nd most popular chemist (down from 213th in 2019), the 1,283rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,225th in 2019) and the 46th most popular German Chemist.
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Among chemists, Hermann Kolbe ranks 242 out of 509. Before him are Nikolay Zelinsky, Mario J. Molina, Paul L. Modrich, Joseph L. Goldstein, Henri Victor Regnault, and Ida Noddack. After him are Edward W. Morley, Donald J. Cram, Jaroslav Heyrovský, Vincent du Vigneaud, John Polanyi, and Michael Polanyi.
1861 - 1953
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 236
1943 - 2020
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 237
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 238
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 239
1810 - 1878
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 240
1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 241
1818 - 1884
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 242
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 243
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 244
1890 - 1967
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 245
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 246
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 247
1891 - 1976
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 248
Among people born in 1818, Hermann Kolbe ranks 28. Before him are Angelo Secchi, Mary Todd Lincoln, Thomas Mayne Reid, Amalia of Oldenburg, Richard Jordan Gatling, and François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville. After him are Tewodros II, Zachris Topelius, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, and Francesco Crispi. Among people deceased in 1884, Hermann Kolbe ranks 15. Before him are Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Alfred Brehm, Allan Pinkerton, Hans Makart, and Karl Richard Lepsius. After him are Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Paul Abadie, Fanny Elssler, Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Jules Bastien-Lepage.
1818 - 1878
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 22
1818 - 1882
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 23
1818 - 1883
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 24
1818 - 1875
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 25
1818 - 1903
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 26
1818 - 1900
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 27
1818 - 1884
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 28
1818 - 1868
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 29
1818 - 1898
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 30
1818 - 1896
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 31
1818 - 1888
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 32
1818 - 1861
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 33
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 34
1853 - 1884
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 9
1800 - 1884
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 10
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 11
1819 - 1884
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 12
1840 - 1884
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 13
1810 - 1884
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 14
1818 - 1884
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 15
1817 - 1884
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 16
1812 - 1884
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 17
1810 - 1884
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 18
1843 - 1884
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 19
1851 - 1884
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 20
1848 - 1884
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 21
Among people born in Germany, Hermann Kolbe ranks 1,283 out of 6,142. Before him are Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), Anselm Feuerbach (1829), Constantin Carathéodory (1873), and Beno Gutenberg (1889). After him are Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen (1257), Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1942), Christian Wulff (1959), Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (1744), Karl von Habsburg (1961), and Hans Burgkmair (1473).
1186 - 1212
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 1,277
1741 - 1816
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,278
1607 - 1678
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,279
1829 - 1880
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,280
1873 - 1950
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,281
1889 - 1960
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,282
1818 - 1884
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,283
1257 - 1323
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 1,284
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 1,285
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,286
1744 - 1817
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,287
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,288
1473 - 1531
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,289
Among chemists born in Germany, Hermann Kolbe ranks 46. Before him are Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Feodor Lynen (1911), Franz Karl Achard (1753), Friedrich Sertürner (1783), and Henri Victor Regnault (1810). After him are John Polanyi (1929), Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), Hartmut Michel (1948), Andreas Libavius (1555), and Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818).
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 40
1825 - 1909
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 41
1911 - 1979
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 42
1753 - 1821
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 43
1783 - 1841
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 44
1810 - 1878
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 45
1818 - 1884
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 46
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 47
1799 - 1868
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 48
1709 - 1782
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 49
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 50
1555 - 1616
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 51
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 52