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Michael Polanyi

1891 - 1976

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Michael Polanyi ( poh-LAN-yee; Hungarian: Polányi Mihály; 11 March 1891 – 22 February 1976) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism is a false account of knowing. His wide-ranging research in physical science included chemical kinetics, x-ray diffraction, and adsorption of gases. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Polanyi has received more than 572,039 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Michael Polanyi is the 248th most popular chemist (down from 230th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 128th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Michael Polanyi ranks 248 out of 509Before him are Hermann Kolbe, Edward W. Morley, Donald J. Cram, Jaroslav Heyrovský, Vincent du Vigneaud, and John Polanyi. After him are Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Thomas Graham, Karl Barry Sharpless, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, and Axel Fredrik Cronstedt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Michael Polanyi ranks 42Before him are Hans Reichenbach, Max Amann, Otto Rasch, Bronislava Nijinska, Anton Dostler, and Grant Wood. After him are Antonio Segni, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Moïse Kisling, Arthur Drewry, Otto Schmidt, and Jacques Lipchitz. Among people deceased in 1976, Michael Polanyi ranks 55Before him are João Goulart, Tove Ditlevsen, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, George Whipple, Ivan Yakubovsky, and Carlo Gambino. After him are Abdul Razak Hussein, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Arnold Gehlen, Walter Warlimont, Harry Nyquist, and Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Michael Polanyi ranks 136 out of 866Before him are Mária Telkes (1900), László Papp (1926), George I Rákóczi (1593), Leopold Auer (1845), André Kertész (1894), and László Sólyom (1942). After him are Gusztáv Sebes (1906), Magda Szabó (1917), Samuel Aba (990), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Ladislaus Hunyadi (1431), and Gusztáv Jány (1883).

Among CHEMISTS In Hungary

Among chemists born in Hungary, Michael Polanyi ranks 6Before him are George de Hevesy (1885), Avram Hershko (1937), George Andrew Olah (1927), Katalin Karikó (1955), and Mária Telkes (1900).