CHEMIST

Otto Schott

1851 - 1935

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Friedrich Otto Schott (1851–1935) was a German chemist, glass technologist, and the inventor of borosilicate glass. Schott systematically investigated the relationship between the chemical composition of the glass and its properties. In this way, he solved fundamental problems in glass properties, identifying compositions with optical properties that approach the theoretical limit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Schott has received more than 100,776 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Otto Schott is the 360th most popular chemist (up from 368th in 2019), the 2,579th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,786th in 2019) and the 61st most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Otto Schott ranks 360 out of 602. Before him are Roderick MacKinnon, Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, and Nikolay Zelinsky. After him are Paul Walden, Paul Héroult, Paul Ulrich Villard, Fritz London, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, and Karl Ernst Claus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Otto Schott ranks 50. Before him are Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Aristide Bruant, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Charles Chamberland, Melvil Dewey, and Oliver Lodge. After him are Taytu Betul, Anton Haus, George Abraham Grierson, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Roque Sáenz Peña, and Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov. Among people deceased in 1935, Otto Schott ranks 62. Before him are Louis de Beaufront, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ruan Lingyu, Pavlos Kountouriotis, James Henry Breasted, and Aleksandër Moisiu. After him are Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, René Crevel, Zequinha de Abreu, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Erich von Hornbostel, and John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Schott ranks 2,579 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Karl August Musäus (1735), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831), Angilbert (740), Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563), Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1685), and Friedrich Wetter (1928). After him are George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779), Götz George (1938), Helene Mayer (1910), George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784), Hermann Muthesius (1861), and Otto Warburg (1859).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Otto Schott ranks 61. Before him are Clemens Winkler (1838), Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794), Thomas C. Südhof (1955), Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806), Carl Reichenbach (1788), and Viktor Meyer (1848). After him are Hermann von Fehling (1812), Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853), Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877), Friedrich Stromeyer (1776), Hugo Schiff (1834), and Ferdinand Reich (1799).

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