Chemist

Max Joseph von Pettenkofer

Bavarian chemist and hygienist

1818 - 1901

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His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Max Joseph von Pettenkofer is the 340th most popular chemist (down from 306th in 2024), the 2,020th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,769th in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Chemist.

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Among Chemists

Among chemists, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer ranks 340 out of 602Before him are Martin Lowry, Roderick MacKinnon, Nils Gabriel Sefström, Clemens Winkler, Kristian Birkeland, and Erwin Chargaff. After him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Morten P. Meldal, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, and Carl Reichenbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer ranks 40Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Richard Jordan Gatling, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, and Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Heinrich Göbel, Franciscus Donders, and Jules Jamin. Among people deceased in 1901, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer ranks 30Before him are Zénobe Gramme, Paul Rée, Nikolaos Gyzis, Frederic W. H. Myers, François-Marie Raoult, and Shō Tai. After him are Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Jacob Georg Agardh, Iosif Gurko, Leopoldo Alas, Lev Ivanov, and Hiram Rhodes Revels.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer ranks 2,020 out of NaNBefore him are Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), Julius Plücker (1801), Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667), Hermann Priess (1901), John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666), and Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882). After him are Johann Homann (1664), Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711), Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811), Ernst Nolte (1923), and Fredrik Pacius (1809).

Among Chemists In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer ranks 56Before him are Leopold Gmelin (1788), Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Andreas Libavius (1555), Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794), Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806), and Clemens Winkler (1838). After him are Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), Carl Reichenbach (1788), Thomas C. Südhof (1955), Otto Schott (1851), Viktor Meyer (1848), and Friedrich Stromeyer (1776).

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