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Leopold Ružička

1887 - 1976

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Leopold Ružička (Croatian pronunciation: [rǔʒitʃka]; born Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička; 13 September 1887 – 26 September 1976) was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones." He worked most of his life in Switzerland, and received eight doctorates honoris causa in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leopold Ružička has received more than 164,364 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Leopold Ružička is the 115th most popular chemist (down from 85th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Chemist.

Leopold Ružička is most famous for his discovery of the Ružička reaction.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Leopold Ružička ranks 115 out of 509. Before him are Wendell Meredith Stanley, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Paul J. Crutzen, James Dewar, Stanford Moore, and Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier. After him are Avram Hershko, John Macleod, Casimir Funk, Richard R. Ernst, William Howard Stein, and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Leopold Ružička ranks 36. Before him are Lothar Rendulic, Wolfgang Köhler, James B. Sumner, Kurt Schwitters, August Macke, and John Reed. After him are Erich Mendelsohn, Julian Huxley, René Cassin, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Alexander Archipenko, and Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick. Among people deceased in 1976, Leopold Ružička ranks 31. Before him are Eyvind Johnson, Zhu De, Rudolf Bultmann, Raymond Queneau, Gustav Heinemann, and Josef Albers. After him are Lars Onsager, Émile Benveniste, Choe Yong-gon, Juscelino Kubitschek, Dalton Trumbo, and Andrei Grechko.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Leopold Ružička ranks 20 out of 589. Before him are Saint Marinus (275), Mario Andretti (1940), Svetozar Boroević (1856), Andrija Mohorovičić (1857), Franz von Suppé (1819), and Aloysius Stepinac (1898). After him are Crispus (305), Joanna II of Naples (1373), Margaret of Hungary (1242), Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934), Rade Šerbedžija (1946), and Tomislav of Croatia (null).

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Among CHEMISTS In Croatia

Among chemists born in Croatia, Leopold Ružička ranks 1. After him are Leo Sternbach (1908).

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