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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 58,812 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Paul Walden is the 339th most popular chemist, the 50th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 52nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Paul Walden ranks 339 out of 509Before him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Paul Héroult, Eilhard Mitscherlich, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, and Nicolas Théodore de Saussure. After him are Charles Hatchett, William E. Moerner, George Sarton, Karl Ernst Claus, Charles Friedel, and Thomas Cech.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Paul Walden ranks 66Before him are Herbert James Draper, Charles Pathé, Paul Héroult, S. Ansky, Hugo Haase, and Qasim Amin. After him are Vladimir Obruchev, Fyodor Sologub, Max Skladanowsky, Joseph Caillaux, Princess Mathilde of Saxony, and Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Among people deceased in 1957, Paul Walden ranks 86Before him are Rudolf Schmidt, Josef Lada, Charles Pathé, Albert Anastasia, Sholem Asch, and Umberto Saba. After him are Wilhelm Filchner, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Georges Hébert, Eugène Schueller, Gheorghe Tătărescu, and Joseph Canteloube.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Paul Walden ranks 50 out of 284Before him are Ferdinand Kettler (1655), Max Weinreich (1894), Vilis Lācis (1904), Yevgeny Miller (1867), Jānis K. Bērziņš (1889), and Maria Amalia of Courland (1653). After him are Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876), Jānis Pujats (1930), Eduard Totleben (1818), Elya Baskin (1950), Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter (1884), and Inese Jaunzeme (1932).

Among CHEMISTS In Latvia

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