CHEMIST

Paul Walden

1863 - 1957

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Paul Walden (Latvian: Pauls Valdens; Russian: Павел Иванович Вальден; German: Paul von Walden; 26 July 1863 – 22 January 1957) was a Russian, Latvian and German chemist known for his work in stereochemistry and history of chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Walden has received more than 62,199 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Paul Walden is the 361st most popular chemist (down from 339th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 50th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Paul Walden ranks 361 out of 602. Before him are Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Nikolay Zelinsky, and Otto Schott. After him are Paul Héroult, Paul Ulrich Villard, Fritz London, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Karl Ernst Claus, and Brunó Ferenc Straub.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Paul Walden ranks 68. Before him are Gabriel Pierné, Margaret Murray, Felix Blumenfeld, Joseph Caillaux, Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, and Pierina Legnani. After him are Paul Héroult, Charles Pathé, Géza Gárdonyi, Max Skladanowsky, Eero Järnefelt, and Yevhen Petrushevych. Among people deceased in 1957, Paul Walden ranks 96. Before him are Paja Jovanović, Gheorghe Tătărescu, Heinrich Bär, Albert Anastasia, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Claude Farrère. After him are Ramon Magsaysay, Valery Larbaud, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Charles Pathé, Musidora, and Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Paul Walden ranks 60 out of 323. Before him are Elya Baskin (1950), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), Ferdinand Kettler (1655), Inese Jaunzeme (1932), Jānis Pujats (1930), and Pēteris Stučka (1865). After him are Mstislav Keldysh (1911), Max Weinreich (1894), Edgars Rinkēvičs (1973), Vilis Lācis (1904), Maria Skobtsova (1891), and Alfred Neuland (1895).

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Among CHEMISTS In Latvia

Among chemists born in Latvia, Paul Walden ranks 2. Before him are Wilhelm Ostwald (1853). After him are Lina Stern (1878), and Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838).

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