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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 77,692 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Walther Kossel is the 505th most popular chemist (down from 479th in 2019), the 4,463rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,985th in 2019) and the 94th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Walther Kossel ranks 505 out of 509. Before him are Albert Ladenburg, Frederick G. Donnan, Nikolai Menshutkin, James Crafts, Charles Blagden, and Henry Eyring. After him are Max Bodenstein, Aleksandr Arbuzov, Johannes Thiele, Alexander Nesmeyanov, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, and Allen J. Bard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Walther Kossel ranks 209. Before him are Roger Ducret, Charles Winslow, Guido Romano, Andreas Cervin, Þórbergur Þórðarson, and Josef Ternström. After him are Axel Janse, Alvah Meyer, Arthur Berry, Jacques de Lacretelle, Willis Augustus Lee, and Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola. Among people deceased in 1956, Walther Kossel ranks 172. Before him are Robert Newton, Juan José de Amézaga, Katherine MacDonald, Edward Arnold, Khadr El-Touni, and Guido Boni. After him are Benjamin Glazer, Grigory Shajn, Oskar Olsen, Max Emmerich, Wollmar Boström, and Johannes Gabriel Granö.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walther Kossel ranks 4,463 out of 6,142. Before him are Marieluise Fleißer (1901), Friedel Rausch (1940), Karin Enke (1961), Nancy Faeser (1970), Ian Ashley (1947), and Heiner Lauterbach (1953). After him are Uli Stein (1954), Jörg Heinrich (1969), Max Bodenstein (1871), Dieter Burdenski (1950), Ernst Ising (1900), and Mary Roos (1949).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Walther Kossel ranks 94. Before him are Hieronymous Theodor Richter (1824), Peter Armbruster (1931), Johannes Wislicenus (1835), Gustav Rose (1798), Rainer Ludwig Claisen (1851), and Albert Ladenburg (1842). After him are Max Bodenstein (1871), Jürgen Hennig (1951), and Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim (1987).

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