CHEMIST

Julius Wilbrand

1839 - 1906

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Julius Bernhard Friedrich Adolph Wilbrand (22 August 1839 – 22 June 1906) was a German chemist who discovered trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT. He was born in Gießen, Germay to Albertine Knapp and Franz Joseph Julius Wilbrand, a forensic physician. His brother, Hermann Wilbrand, was an ophthalmologist. In 1863, Wilbrand discovered TNT while experimenting with new solutions for yellow dye. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius Wilbrand has received more than 48,042 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Wilbrand is the 504th most popular chemist, the 4,637th most popular biography from Germany and the 95th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Julius Wilbrand ranks 504 out of 602. Before him are Oswald Schmiedeberg, Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, Jacob Volhard, Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Adolph Frank, and Ivan Horbachevsky. After him are Karol Olszewski, Christopher Kelk Ingold, Gustav Rose, Johannes Thiele, Nina Andreyeva, and Michael Behe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Julius Wilbrand ranks 78. Before him are Aleksandr Stoletov, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Ludwig Mond, Albert Bernhard Frank, Marianne Hainisch, and Julius Friedrich Cohnheim. After him are Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Tage Reedtz-Thott, August W. Eichler, Nicolaas Pierson, Ignacio Andrade, and Almon Brown Strowger. Among people deceased in 1906, Julius Wilbrand ranks 67. Before him are Fritz Schaudinn, Slava Raškaj, Marin Drinov, Ernst Schultz, Ivan Babushkin, and Alexander Veselovsky. After him are José María de Pereda, Simon Gregorčič, Ferdinand von Saar, Aniceto Arce, Pedro Varela, and Oscar Levertin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Julius Wilbrand ranks 4,637 out of 7,253. Before him are Erich Beer (1946), Edgar Barth (1917), John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1634), Hans Reissner (1874), Gisela Uhlen (1919), and Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1790). After him are Jeri Ryan (1968), Julius Hirsch (1892), Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766), Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815), Jakob Streitle (1916), and Frank Beyer (1932).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Julius Wilbrand ranks 95. Before him are Adolph Strecker (1822), Christian Gmelin (1792), Hans Goldschmidt (1861), Johannes Wislicenus (1835), Jacob Volhard (1834), and Adolph Frank (1834). After him are Gustav Rose (1798), Rainer Ludwig Claisen (1851), Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857), Albert Ladenburg (1842), Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (1835), and Eugen Baumann (1846).

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