1788 - 1853
Leopold Gmelin (2 August 1788 – 13 April 1853) was a German chemist. Gmelin was a professor at the University of Heidelberg. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leopold Gmelin has received more than 65,765 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Leopold Gmelin is the 292nd most popular chemist (down from 272nd in 2019), the 1,723rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,520th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular German Chemist.
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Among chemists, Leopold Gmelin ranks 292 out of 509. Before him are Andreas Libavius, William C. Campbell, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Rasmus Bartholin, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, and Rudolph A. Marcus. After him are Martin Lowry, Aaron Klug, Ben Feringa, Dudley R. Herschbach, Edward Frankland, and M. Stanley Whittingham.
1555 - 1616
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 286
1930 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 287
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 288
1625 - 1698
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 289
1807 - 1867
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 290
1923 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 291
1788 - 1853
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 292
1874 - 1936
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 293
1926 - 2018
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 294
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 295
1932 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 296
1825 - 1899
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 297
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 298
Among people born in 1788, Leopold Gmelin ranks 20. Before him are Johan Christian Dahl, Étienne Cabet, Ranavalona I, Rama III, Antoine César Becquerel, and Mikhail Lazarev. After him are Carl Reichenbach, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, David d'Angers, Felice Romani, Friedrich Rückert, and Pierre Joseph Pelletier. Among people deceased in 1853, Leopold Gmelin ranks 13. Before him are Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Bezmiâlem Sultan, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Matteo Carcassi, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński. After him are Juan Donoso Cortés, Christian Leopold von Buch, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, and Julius Jacob von Haynau.
1788 - 1857
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 14
1788 - 1856
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 15
1788 - 1861
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 16
1788 - 1851
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 17
1788 - 1878
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 18
1788 - 1851
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 19
1788 - 1853
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 20
1788 - 1869
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 21
1788 - 1899
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 22
1788 - 1856
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 23
1788 - 1865
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 24
1788 - 1866
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 25
1788 - 1842
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 26
1831 - 1853
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 7
1807 - 1853
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 8
1783 - 1853
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 9
1792 - 1853
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 10
1783 - 1853
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 11
1776 - 1853
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 12
1788 - 1853
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 13
1809 - 1853
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 14
1774 - 1853
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 15
1793 - 1853
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 16
1783 - 1853
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 17
1771 - 1853
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 18
1786 - 1853
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 19
Among people born in Germany, Leopold Gmelin ranks 1,723 out of 6,142. Before him are George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890), Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796), Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine (1809), and Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (1235). After him are Constantin von Tischendorf (1815), Jochen Mass (1946), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Isidor Straus (1845), Frederick III, Elector Palatine (1515), and August Oetker (1862).
1779 - 1860
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,717
1772 - 1838
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,718
1890 - 1920
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,719
1796 - 1866
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,720
1809 - 1877
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 1,721
1235 - 1290
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 1,722
1788 - 1853
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 1,723
1815 - 1874
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,724
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,725
1716 - 1801
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,726
1845 - 1912
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 1,727
1515 - 1576
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 1,728
1862 - 1918
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 1,729
Among chemists born in Germany, Leopold Gmelin ranks 53. Before him are John Polanyi (1929), Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), Hartmut Michel (1948), Andreas Libavius (1555), and Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818). After him are Carl Reichenbach (1788), Viktor Meyer (1848), Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806), Clemens Winkler (1838), Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), and Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794).
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 47
1799 - 1868
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 48
1709 - 1782
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 49
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 50
1555 - 1616
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 51
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 52
1788 - 1853
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 53
1788 - 1869
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 54
1848 - 1897
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 55
1806 - 1879
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 56
1838 - 1904
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 57
1795 - 1867
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 58
1794 - 1863
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 59