CHEMIST

Ludwig Knorr

1859 - 1921

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Ludwig Knorr (2 December 1859 – 4 June 1921) was a German chemist. Together with Carl Paal, he discovered the Paal–Knorr synthesis, and the Knorr quinoline synthesis and Knorr pyrrole synthesis are also named after him. The synthesis in 1883 of the analgesic drug antipyrine, now called phenazone, was a commercial success. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Knorr has received more than 38,334 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Knorr is the 477th most popular chemist, the 4,372nd most popular biography from Germany and the 85th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ludwig Knorr ranks 477 out of 602. Before him are Pierre Adet, Peter Woulfe, Robert Havemann, Archibald Scott Couper, Jan Szczepanik, and Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen. After him are Luis E. Miramontes, Albert Kluyver, Charles Blagden, David MacMillan, William Hallowes Miller, and Alfred Stock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Ludwig Knorr ranks 105. Before him are Vittorio Sella, Johan Jensen, Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Nikolay Gamaleya, and Karin Bergöö Larsson. After him are Paul Passy, Georgios Orphanidis, Florian Cajori, Juan Campisteguy, Nikolay Kasatkin, and Émil Goeldi. Among people deceased in 1921, Ludwig Knorr ranks 99. Before him are Émile Champion, Virginia Rappe, Jan Janský, Edward Douglass White, Milenko Radomar Vesnić, and Lev Chernyi. After him are Yaa Asantewaa, Władysław Żeleński, Hans Huber, Mustafa Subhi, Fernand Courty, and Oswald Schmiedeberg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Knorr ranks 4,372 out of 7,253. Before him are Edda Moser (1938), Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1908), Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1712), Hermann Bollé (1845), Georg von Habsburg (1964), and August Diehl (1976). After him are Matthias Schweighöfer (1981), Wilhelm Geiger (1856), Richard Schorr (1867), Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899), Else Krüger (1915), and Maria Schrader (1965).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Ludwig Knorr ranks 85. Before him are Benjamin List (1968), Walther Kossel (1888), Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818), Friedrich Accum (1769), Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834), and Robert Havemann (1910). After him are Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750), Ludwig Mond (1839), Alwin Mittasch (1869), Adolph Strecker (1822), Christian Gmelin (1792), and Hans Goldschmidt (1861).

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