1735 - 1784
Torbern Olaf (Olof) Bergman (KVO) (20 March 1735 – 8 July 1784) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist noted for his 1775 Dissertation on Elective Attractions, containing the largest chemical affinity tables ever published. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Torbern Bergman has received more than 79,499 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Torbern Bergman is the 278th most popular chemist (down from 202nd in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 179th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swedish Chemist.
Torbern Bergman was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who is most famous for his discovery of the element thorium in 1828.
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Among chemists, Torbern Bergman ranks 278 out of 509. Before him are Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Edmond H. Fischer, Fraser Stoddart, Thomas A. Steitz, Alexander Shulgin, and William Henry. After him are Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Bernard Courtois, Richard J. Roberts, S. P. L. Sørensen, Ryōji Noyori, and Hartmut Michel.
1709 - 1782
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 272
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 273
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 274
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 275
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 276
1774 - 1836
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 277
1735 - 1784
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 278
1838 - 1912
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 279
1777 - 1838
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 280
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 281
1868 - 1939
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 282
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 283
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 284
Among people born in 1735, Torbern Bergman ranks 7. Before him are John Adams, Johann Christian Bach, Crown Prince Sado, François Christophe de Kellermann, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, and Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne. After him are Paul Revere, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Johann Karl August Musäus, and Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. Among people deceased in 1784, Torbern Bergman ranks 7. Before him are Denis Diderot, Count of St. Germain, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Samuel Johnson, Phillis Wheatley, and Giovanni Battista Martini. After him are Junípero Serra, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, César-François Cassini de Thury, Anders Johan Lexell, Abraham Trembley, and Otto Friedrich Müller.
1735 - 1826
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 1
1735 - 1782
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 2
1735 - 1762
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 3
1735 - 1820
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 4
1735 - 1806
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 5
1735 - 1814
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 6
1735 - 1784
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 7
1735 - 1818
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 8
1735 - 1794
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 9
1735 - 1782
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 10
1735 - 1809
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 11
1735 - 1787
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 12
1735 - 1788
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 13
1713 - 1784
HPI: 81.37
Rank: 1
1712 - 1784
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 2
1710 - 1784
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 3
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 4
1753 - 1784
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 5
1706 - 1784
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 6
1735 - 1784
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 7
1713 - 1784
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 8
1714 - 1784
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 9
1714 - 1784
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 10
1740 - 1784
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 11
1710 - 1784
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 12
1730 - 1784
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 13
Among people born in Sweden, Torbern Bergman ranks 231 out of 1,612. Before him are Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916), Håkan Nesser (1950), John Ericsson (1803), Henrik Larsson (1971), Gillis Grafström (1893), and Harry Nyquist (1889). After him are Jan Guillou (1944), Joey Tempest (1963), Göran Persson (1949), Thomas Bartholin (1616), Johann Patkul (1660), and Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807).
1916 - 2012
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 225
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 226
1803 - 1889
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 227
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 228
1893 - 1938
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 229
1889 - 1976
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 230
1735 - 1784
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 231
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 232
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 233
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 234
1616 - 1680
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 235
1660 - 1707
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 236
1807 - 1844
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 237
Among chemists born in Sweden, Torbern Bergman ranks 12. Before him are Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Sune Bergström (1916), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), and Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797). After him are Georg Brandt (1694), Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767), Lars Fredrik Nilson (1840), Anders Jahan Retzius (1742), Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787), and Anna Sundström (1785).
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 6
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 7
1792 - 1841
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 8
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 9
1722 - 1765
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 10
1797 - 1858
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 11
1735 - 1784
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 12
1694 - 1768
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 13
1767 - 1813
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 14
1840 - 1899
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 15
1742 - 1821
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 16
1787 - 1845
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 17
1785 - 1871
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 18