CHEMIST

Per Teodor Cleve

1840 - 1905

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Per Teodor Cleve (10 February 1840 – 18 June 1905) was a Swedish chemist, biologist, mineralogist and oceanographer. He is best known for his discovery of the chemical elements holmium and thulium. Born in Stockholm in 1840, Cleve earned his BSc and PhD from Uppsala University in 1863 and 1868, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Per Teodor Cleve has received more than 78,607 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Per Teodor Cleve is the 109th most popular chemist (up from 449th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 590th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Per Teodor Cleve ranks 109 out of 602. Before him are Paul Berg, Ernest Solvay, Robert Robinson, Konrad Emil Bloch, Richard R. Ernst, and Fritz Strassmann. After him are Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Akira Suzuki, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, and Harold Urey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Per Teodor Cleve ranks 17. Before him are Carl Menger, Ernst Abbe, Carlota of Mexico, John Boyd Dunlop, August Bebel, and Father Damien. After him are Thomas Hardy, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Edward Whymper, and Hiram Maxim. Among people deceased in 1905, Per Teodor Cleve ranks 7. Before him are Jules Verne, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Muhammad Abduh, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Ernst Abbe, and Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Louise Michel, Adolph Menzel, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Carl Wernicke.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Per Teodor Cleve ranks 97 out of 1,879. Before him are Ermanaric (400), Ronnie Peterson (1944), Axel Munthe (1857), Keke Rosberg (1948), Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700), and Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler (1934). After him are Olaus Magnus (1490), Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (1943), Anund Jacob (1008), Bibi Andersson (1935), Haakon VI of Norway (1340), and Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (1938).

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Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

Among chemists born in Sweden, Per Teodor Cleve ranks 6. Before him are Alfred Nobel (1833), Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Svante Arrhenius (1859), Arne Tiselius (1902), and Theodor Svedberg (1884). After him are Sune Bergström (1916), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), and Georg Brandt (1694).

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