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Peter Waage

1833 - 1900

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Peter Waage (29 June 1833 – 13 January 1900) was a Norwegian chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Kristiania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Waage has received more than 48,112 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Peter Waage is the 380th most popular chemist (down from 348th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 141st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Norwegian Chemist.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Peter Waage ranks 380 out of 509. Before him are Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Maud Menten, Franz von Soxhlet, Thomas Andrews, Alexander William Williamson, and Jean-Antoine Chaptal. After him are John William Draper, Jan Czochralski, Nicolas Lemery, Lina Stern, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, and David Warren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Peter Waage ranks 36. Before him are Carlos Finlay, Eugen Langen, Theodor Meynert, Zacharie Astruc, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, and Kâmil Pasha. After him are Robert G. Ingersoll, Louis Paulsen, Benedykt Dybowski, Lazarus Fuchs, Walter Clopton Wingfield, and Maurice Loewy. Among people deceased in 1900, Peter Waage ranks 51. Before him are Wilhelm Leibl, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Bruno Abakanowicz, Arthur Sullivan, James Edward Keeler, and Arsenio Martínez Campos. After him are Carl Lange, Francišak Bahuševič, Piet Joubert, Rudolf Charousek, Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, and Dankmar Adler.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Peter Waage ranks 163 out of 927. Before him are Camilla Collett (1813), Euronymous (1968), Johan Borgen (1902), Sigurd Slembe (1100), Bjørn Wirkola (1943), and Jon Elster (1940). After him are Toralf Engan (1936), Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Harriet Backer (1845), John Norum (1964), and Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862).

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Among CHEMISTS In Norway

Among chemists born in Norway, Peter Waage ranks 4. Before him are Odd Hassel (1897), Lars Onsager (1903), and Kristian Birkeland (1867).

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