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Johann Wilhelm Ritter

1776 - 1810

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Johann Wilhelm Ritter (16 December 1776 – 23 January 1810) was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Wilhelm Ritter has received more than 154,957 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Johann Wilhelm Ritter is the 164th most popular chemist (down from 138th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Poland (down from 171st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Polish Chemist.

Johann Wilhelm Ritter was a German chemist and physicist who is most famous for his discovery of ultraviolet radiation.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Johann Wilhelm Ritter ranks 164 out of 602. Before him are Robert Huber, Jerome Karle, John Frederic Daniell, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Harry Kroto, and Stanislao Cannizzaro. After him are Paul Flory, George Andrew Olah, Marcellin Berthelot, Ei-ichi Negishi, Ernst Chain, and August Wilhelm von Hofmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Johann Wilhelm Ritter ranks 11. Before him are John Constable, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Caroline of Baden, Şehzade Abdullah, and Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary. After him are Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Pehr Henrik Ling, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, and Simon Fraser. Among people deceased in 1810, Johann Wilhelm Ritter ranks 7. Before him are Henry Cavendish, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Nachman of Breslov, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, and Jean-Georges Noverre. After him are Philipp Otto Runge, Andreas Hofer, Chevalier d'Éon, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Andrianampoinimerina, and Mir Taqi Mir.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Johann Wilhelm Ritter ranks 190 out of 1,694. Before him are Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915), Catherine Opalińska (1680), Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Ernst Kummer (1810), and Bolesław II the Generous (1041). After him are Otto Kretschmer (1912), Hans Lammers (1879), Carl Wernicke (1848), Georg Forster (1754), Reinhard Selten (1930), and Mieszko II Lambert (990).

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Among CHEMISTS In Poland

Among chemists born in Poland, Johann Wilhelm Ritter ranks 10. Before him are Kurt Alder (1902), Friedrich Bergius (1884), Tadeusz Reichstein (1897), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), Clara Immerwahr (1870), and Ignacy Mościcki (1867). After him are Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822), Antoni Grabowski (1857), Richard Abegg (1869), Sendivogius (1566), Fritz London (1900), and Hugo Erdmann (1862).

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