CHEMIST

Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted

1879 - 1947

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Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted (Danish: [joˈhænˀəs ne̝koˈlɛːus ˈpʁɶnsteð]; 22 February 1879 – 17 December 1947) was a Danish physical chemist who is best known for developing the Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory; he developed the theory at the same time as (but independently of) Martin Lowry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted has received more than 148,585 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted is the 110th most popular chemist (down from 99th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 75th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Chemist.

Brønsted is most famous for his discovery of the Brønsted-Lowry theory. This theory states that acids are proton donors and bases are proton acceptors.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted ranks 110 out of 602. Before him are Ernest Solvay, Robert Robinson, Konrad Emil Bloch, Richard R. Ernst, Fritz Strassmann, and Per Teodor Cleve. After him are Akira Suzuki, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Harold Urey, and Archer Martin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted ranks 20. Before him are Symon Petliura, Milutin Milanković, Hans Luther, Rudolf von Laban, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Ottorino Respighi. After him are Ramana Maharshi, Shunroku Hata, Sarojini Naidu, Francis Peyton Rous, Joseph Wirth, and Italo Gariboldi. Among people deceased in 1947, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted ranks 29. Before him are Karl Mannheim, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Pierre Bonnard, Nicholas Roerich, Black Dahlia, and Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque. After him are Stanley Baldwin, Victor Lustig, Alexander Löhr, Qazi Muhammad, Irving Fisher, and Pierre Janet.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted ranks 76 out of 1,032. Before him are Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850), Peter Schmeichel (1963), Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), Inge Lehmann (1888), Rasmus Rask (1787), and Valdemar III of Denmark (1314). After him are Michael Laudrup (1964), Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark (1771), Eric I of Denmark (1055), Eric IV of Denmark (1216), Jens Christian Skou (1918), and Christopher II of Denmark (1276).

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Among CHEMISTS In Denmark

Among chemists born in Denmark, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted ranks 2. Before him are Henrik Dam (1895). After him are Sophia Brahe (1556), S. P. L. Sørensen (1868), Rasmus Bartholin (1625), Morten P. Meldal (1954), Johan Kjeldahl (1849), and Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen (1826).

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