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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

1852 - 1911

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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Jr. (Dutch: [vɑn (ə)t ˈɦɔf]; 30 August 1852 – 1 March 1911) was a Dutch physical chemist. A highly influential theoretical chemist of his time, van 't Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff has received more than 414,140 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff is the 16th most popular chemist (down from 14th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Chemist.

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff is most famous for his discovery of the law of chemical equilibrium and the concept of chemical affinity.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff ranks 16 out of 602. Before him are Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Svante Arrhenius, Fritz Haber, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Wilhelm Ostwald, and Otto Hahn. After him are Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Linus Pauling, Edwin McMillan, Friedrich Wöhler, Paul Karrer, and William Ramsay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff ranks 4. Before him are Antoni Gaudí, Henri Becquerel, and Emperor Meiji. After him are Gojong of Korea, William Ramsay, Emil Fischer, Albert A. Michelson, Henri Moissan, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Joseph Joffre, and Francisco Tárrega. Among people deceased in 1911, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff ranks 2. Before him is Gustav Mahler. After him are Wilhelm Dilthey, Francis Galton, Alfred Binet, Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, Paul Lafargue, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Georg Jellinek, Emilio Salgari, and Maria Pia of Savoy.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff ranks 24 out of 1,646. Before him are Pope Adrian VI (1459), Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Gerard 't Hooft (1946), Pieter Zeeman (1865), M. C. Escher (1898), and Willem Barentsz (1550). After him are Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), Rutger Hauer (1944), Louis van Gaal (1951), and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853).

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Among CHEMISTS In Netherlands

Among chemists born in Netherlands, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff ranks 1. After him are Paul J. Crutzen (1933), Ben Feringa (1951), C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801), and Albert Kluyver (1888).

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