CHEMIST

Walther Kossel

1888 - 1956

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Walther Ludwig Julius Kossel (4 January 1888 – 22 May 1956) was a German physicist known for his theory of the chemical bond (ionic bond/octet rule), Sommerfeld–Kossel displacement law of atomic spectra, the Kossel-Stranski model for crystal growth, and the Kossel effect. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther Kossel has received more than 77,183 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Walther Kossel is the 456th most popular chemist (up from 504th in 2019), the 4,101st most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,449th in 2019) and the 80th most popular German Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 77k

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  • 49.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Walther Kossel has had the most page views in the with 7,252 views, followed by Chinese (1,927), and German (1,581). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (109.34%), Belarusian (103.59%), and Egyptian Arabic (92.17%)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Walther Kossel ranks 456 out of 602. Before him are Johann Schweigger, Carl Theodore Liebermann, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, Carl Graebe, Benjamin List, and Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville. After him are Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Carl Remigius Fresenius, James Crafts, Maclyn McCarty, Friedrich Accum, and Takamine Jōkichi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Walther Kossel ranks 162. Before him are Maxwell Anderson, Marcel Jouhandeau, Franciszek Kleeberg, Elsa Brändström, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, and Marietta Shaginyan. After him are Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, Zia ol Din Tabatabaee, Dan Andersson, Alexander Chayanov, Irving Cummings, and Walther von Wartburg. Among people deceased in 1956, Walther Kossel ranks 134. Before him are Emmanouil Tsouderos, Johnny Claes, Hans Carossa, Lorenzo Perosi, Violet Gibson, and Lars Sonck. After him are Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Touria Chaoui, George Bancroft, Teresa Feoderovna Ries, Sergei Vasilenko, and Jan Šrámek.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walther Kossel ranks 4,101 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter Joseph Lenné (1789), Walter Momper (1945), Irmgard Möller (1947), Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774), Brigitte Hamann (1940), and İlhan Mansız (1975). After him are Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1745), Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1767), Paul Warburg (1868), Detlev von Liliencron (1844), Johann von Rist (1607), and Herbert Norkus (1916).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Walther Kossel ranks 80. Before him are Heinrich Rose (1795), Johann Schweigger (1779), Carl Theodore Liebermann (1842), Felix Hoppe-Seyler (1825), Carl Graebe (1841), and Benjamin List (1968). After him are Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818), Friedrich Accum (1769), Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834), Robert Havemann (1910), Ludwig Knorr (1859), and Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750).

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