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Marcellin Berthelot

1827 - 1907

Marcellin Berthelot

Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot (French: [bɛʁtəlo]; 25 October 1827 – 18 March 1907) was a French chemist and Republican politician noted for the Thomsen–Berthelot principle of thermochemistry. He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substances, providing a large amount of counter-evidence to the theory of Jöns Jakob Berzelius that organic compounds required organisms in their synthesis. Berthelot was convinced that chemical synthesis would revolutionize the food industry by the year 2000, and that synthesized foods would replace farms and pastures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcellin Berthelot has received more than 216,719 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Marcellin Berthelot is the 136th most popular chemist (down from 95th in 2019), the 966th most popular biography from France (down from 791st in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Chemist.

Marcellin Berthelot was a French chemist who is most famous for his work in organic chemistry. He was one of the first chemists to identify the composition of benzene and to synthesize it.

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Among chemists, Marcellin Berthelot ranks 136 out of 509. Before him are Ernst Chain, Ernst Otto Fischer, Christian B. Anfinsen, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Arthur Harden, and William Giauque. After him are Paul Berg, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Robert W. Holley, Fritz Strassmann, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, and Bengt I. Samuelsson.

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Ernst Chain
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Marcellin Berthelot
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Rank: 136
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Johann Wilhelm Ritter
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HPI: 62.21
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Robert W. Holley
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HPI: 62.07
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Fritz Strassmann
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HPI: 62.02
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Henry Louis Le Chatelier
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HPI: 62.00
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Bengt I. Samuelsson
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.99
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Marcellin Berthelot ranks 9. Before him are Josef Strauss, Ellen G. White, Joseph Lister, Heonjong of Joseon, Francisco Solano López, and Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia. After him are Deodoro da Fonseca, Jyotirao Phule, John Hanning Speke, Mangal Pandey, William Holman Hunt, and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. Among people deceased in 1907, Marcellin Berthelot ranks 15. Before him are Joris-Karl Huysmans, Alfred Jarry, Robert I, Duke of Parma, Asaph Hall, Giosuè Carducci, and Joseph Joachim. After him are Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Jean Casimir-Perier, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Kato Svanidze, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, and William Henry Perkin.

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Josef Strauss
1827 - 1870
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 3
Ellen G. White
1827 - 1915
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 4
Joseph Lister
1827 - 1912
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 5
Heonjong of Joseon
1827 - 1849
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 6
Francisco Solano López
1827 - 1870
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 7
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
1827 - 1892
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 8
Marcellin Berthelot
1827 - 1907
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 9
Deodoro da Fonseca
1827 - 1892
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 10
Jyotirao Phule
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 11
John Hanning Speke
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 12
Mangal Pandey
1827 - 1857
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 13
William Holman Hunt
1827 - 1910
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 14
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
1827 - 1875
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 15