1872 - 1957
Théophile Ernest de Donder (French: [də dɔ̃dɛʁ]; 19 August 1872 – 11 May 1957) was a Belgian mathematician, physicist and chemist famous for his work (published in 1923) in developing correlations between the Newtonian concept of chemical affinity and the Gibbsian concept of free energy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Théophile de Donder has received more than 68,158 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Théophile de Donder is the 556th most popular physicist (up from 565th in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 494th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Physicist.
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Among physicists, Théophile de Donder ranks 556 out of 717. Before him are Bert Bolin, Étienne-Gaspard Robert, Ferdinand Monoyer, Abraham Alikhanov, David Deutsch, and Carl August von Steinheil. After him are Wander Johannes de Haas, Nicholas Kurti, Sumio Iijima, Aleksandr Stoletov, Robert Mills, and Bryce DeWitt.
1925 - 2007
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 550
1763 - 1837
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 551
1836 - 1912
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 552
1904 - 1970
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 553
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 554
1801 - 1870
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 555
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 556
1878 - 1960
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 557
1908 - 1998
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 558
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 559
1839 - 1896
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 560
1927 - 1999
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 561
1923 - 2004
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 562
Among people born in 1872, Théophile de Donder ranks 115. Before him are Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Juho Vennola, Iwan Bloch, Johan Bojer, Hafez Ibrahim, and George S. Robertson. After him are Siegmund von Hausegger, Selma Rıza, Nikolai Panin, Sergei Vasilenko, Teffi, and Carl Bonde. Among people deceased in 1957, Théophile de Donder ranks 138. Before him are Arie de Jong, Luigi Ganna, Alice Milliat, Oldřich Duras, Kulyash Baiseitova, and Ferenc Hirzer. After him are Gustav Mie, Tomitaro Makino, Heinrich Campendonk, Leopold Staff, Percy Hobart, and Carl Bonde.
1872 - 1907
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 109
1872 - 1938
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 110
1872 - 1922
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 111
1872 - 1959
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 112
1872 - 1932
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 113
1872 - 1967
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 114
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 115
1872 - 1948
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 116
1872 - 1931
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 117
1872 - 1956
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 118
1872 - 1956
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 119
1872 - 1952
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 120
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 121
1865 - 1957
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 132
1883 - 1957
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 133
1884 - 1957
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 134
1882 - 1957
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 135
1912 - 1957
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 136
1902 - 1957
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 137
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 138
1868 - 1957
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 139
1862 - 1957
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 140
1889 - 1957
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 141
1878 - 1957
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 142
1885 - 1957
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 143
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 144
Among people born in Belgium, Théophile de Donder ranks 491 out of 1,019. Before him are Justine Henin (1982), Marie Popelin (1846), Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763), Ludo Martens (1946), Léon Delacroix (1867), and Marouane Fellaini (1987). After him are Joël Robert (1943), Willy Vandersteen (1913), Charles de Tornaco (1927), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Henri Jaspar (1870), and Jacques Moeschal (1900).
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 485
1846 - 1913
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 486
1763 - 1837
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 487
1946 - 2011
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 488
1867 - 1929
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 489
1987 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 490
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 491
1943 - 2021
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 492
1913 - 1990
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 493
1927 - 1953
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 494
1948 - 1971
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 495
1870 - 1939
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 496
1900 - 1956
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 497
Among physicists born in Belgium, Théophile de Donder ranks 5. Before him are Georges Lemaître (1894), François Englert (1932), Joseph Plateau (1801), and Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763). After him are Léon Rosenfeld (1904).
1894 - 1966
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 1
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 2
1801 - 1883
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 3
1763 - 1837
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 4
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 5
1904 - 1974
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 6