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Nicolas Théodore de Saussure

1767 - 1845

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Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure (French pronunciation: [nikɔla teɔdɔʁ də sosyʁ]; 14 October 1767 – 18 April 1845) was a Swiss chemist and student of plant physiology who made seminal advances in phytochemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Théodore de Saussure has received more than 24,916 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Nicolas Théodore de Saussure is the 337th most popular chemist (up from 338th in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 223rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swiss Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure ranks 337 out of 602. Before him are Édouard Herzen, Thomas C. Südhof, Fraser Stoddart, Otto Wichterle, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, and Jean-Baptiste Boussingault. After him are Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Charles Macintosh, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, and Karl Friedrich Mohr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure ranks 25. Before him are Andreas Hofer, Jean-Lambert Tallien, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, and Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia. After him are Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Jacques Laffitte, Alexis Bouvard, Platon Zubov, Jacques-Laurent Agasse, and John Adams. Among people deceased in 1845, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure ranks 16. Before him are Bernardino Rivadavia, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Isabella Colbran, Simon Mayr, and Henrik Wergeland. After him are Dominique, comte de Cassini, Nikoloz Baratashvili, George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Jónas Hallgrímsson, Rafael Urdaneta, and Christian Frederik Hansen.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure ranks 213 out of 1,015. Before him are Ubol Ratana (1951), Andy Hug (1964), Edwin Fischer (1886), Charles Dutoit (1936), Jean Starobinski (1920), and Wiborada (900). After him are Alain Berset (1972), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg (1168), Françoise-Louise de Warens (1699), Adolphe Appia (1862), and Umberto Agnelli (1934).

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Among CHEMISTS In Switzerland

Among chemists born in Switzerland, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure ranks 9. Before him are Richard R. Ernst (1933), Kurt Wüthrich (1938), Germain Henri Hess (1802), Jacques Dubochet (1942), Emil Abderhalden (1877), and Victor Goldschmidt (1888). After him are Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), Albert Eschenmoser (1925), and Marc Delafontaine (1838).

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