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Ira Remsen

1846 - 1927

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Ira Remsen (February 10, 1846 – March 4, 1927) was an American chemist who introduced organic chemistry research and education in the United States along the lines of German universities where he received his early training. He was the first professor of chemistry and the second president of Johns Hopkins University. He founded the Journal of the American Chemical Society, which he edited from 1879 to 1914. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ira Remsen has received more than 104,240 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ira Remsen is the 568th most popular chemist, the 10,343rd most popular biography from United States and the 103rd most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ira Remsen ranks 568 out of 602. Before him are K. C. Nicolaou, Barbara Askins, Henry Roscoe, Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, Jiří Drahoš, and George M. Whitesides. After him are Marie Maynard Daly, Edith M. Flanigen, Emma P. Carr, Rachel Fuller Brown, Richard Zare, and Susan Solomon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Ira Remsen ranks 113. Before him are Nikolay Umov, Federico Chueca, Randolph Caldecott, Maksymilian Gierymski, Edward S. Holden, and Raimundo Andueza Palacio. After him are Joseph B. Foraker, and Michael Davitt. Among people deceased in 1927, Ira Remsen ranks 144. Before him are Manuel Gondra, Max Weiss, Édouard Louis Trouessart, Leonard Wood, Luke Fildes, and Otto Blehr. After him are George Nichols, Virgilio Mantegazza, Émile Albrecht, William Healey Dall, Carl H. Eigenmann, and Sarah Frances Whiting.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ira Remsen ranks 10,343 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Lewis (1960), Lily Rabe (1982), Robert Blust (1940), Curt Schilling (1966), Don Gordon (1926), and Keen Johnson (1896). After him are George Nichols (1864), Dean Smith (1931), Stanley Anderson (1939), Harlan F. Stone (1872), James Morrison (1954), and Edward Sedgwick (1889).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Ira Remsen ranks 103. Before him are Mary L. Good (1931), Bruce Ames (1928), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), Barbara Askins (1939), and George M. Whitesides (1939). After him are Marie Maynard Daly (1921), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Emma P. Carr (1880), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), Richard Zare (1939), and Susan Solomon (1956).

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