CHEMIST

Jan Baptist van Helmont

1580 - 1644

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Jan Baptist van Helmont ( HEL-mont, Dutch: [ˈjɑm bɑpˈtɪst fɑn ˈɦɛlmɔnt]; 12 January 1580 – 30 December 1644) was a chemist, physiologist, and physician from Brussels. He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and the rise of iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to be "the founder of pneumatic chemistry". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Baptist van Helmont has received more than 435,029 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Jan Baptist van Helmont is the 67th most popular chemist (down from 36th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Chemist.

Jan Baptist van Helmont is most famous for his work in the field of chemistry. He was one of the first to study the properties of gases and the effects of pressure on gases.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jan Baptist van Helmont ranks 67 out of 602. Before him are Norman Haworth, Richard Willstätter, Claude Louis Berthollet, Hans Fischer, Joseph Black, and Tadeusz Reichstein. After him are Paul J. Crutzen, Joseph Proust, Julius Lothar Meyer, Francis William Aston, Irving Langmuir, and Hermann Staudinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Jan Baptist van Helmont ranks 1. After him are Josaphat Kuntsevych, Willebrord Snellius, John Smith, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ernst von Mansfeld, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Gabriel Bethlen, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Cristóvão Ferreira, Augusta of Denmark, and Andrea Falconieri. Among people deceased in 1644, Jan Baptist van Helmont ranks 4. Before him are Pope Urban VIII, Chongzhen Emperor, and Elisabeth of France. After him are Cecilia Renata of Austria, Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau, Bernardo Strozzi, Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Francisco Pacheco, Agostino Tassi, Guru Hargobind, and Georg Marcgrave.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Baptist van Helmont ranks 63 out of 1,190. Before him are Jacob Jordaens (1593), François Englert (1932), Léon Degrelle (1906), James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), and Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559). After him are Maxime Weygand (1867), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Carlota of Mexico (1840), Adolphe Quetelet (1796), and John of Gaunt (1340).

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Among CHEMISTS In Belgium

Among chemists born in Belgium, Jan Baptist van Helmont ranks 1. After him are Ernest Solvay (1838), Yves Chauvin (1930), Leo Baekeland (1863), Jean Stas (1813), George Sarton (1884), and Gilbert Stork (1921).

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