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Robert B. Woodward

Robert B. Woodward was a prominent 20th-century chemist specializing in organic synthesis. His meticulous approach to el...

Organic Synthesis Harvard Nobel

9.7 Brilliant

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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a British chemist renowned for her groundbreaking work utilizing X-ray crystallography to r...

Structural Crystallography Biochemistry Nobel

9.6 Brilliant

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Jöns Jacob Berzelius

Jöns Jacob Berzelius was a significant 19th-century Swedish chemist. He is known for pioneering work in determining atom...

19TH Century Pioneer Swedish Atomic Weights

9.4 Excellent

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Linus Pauling

Linus Pauling's impact on chemistry and molecular biology is unparalleled. His work on chemical bonding revolutionized o...

Organic Activist Nobel Prize Activism

9.3 Excellent

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August Kekulé

August Kekulé was a 19th-century German chemist whose work significantly advanced organic chemistry. He is best known fo...

Organic German 19TH Century Benzene

9.2 Excellent

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Friedrich Wöhler

Friedrich Wöhler was a German chemist of the 19th century whose synthesis of urea from ammonium cyanate in 1828 fundamen...

German 19TH Century Pioneer Organic Chemistry

9.1 Excellent

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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850) was a French chemist and physicist whose research on the behavior of gases advanced...

French 19TH Century Pioneer Analytical

8.3 Great

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William Henry Perkin

Sir William Henry Perkin was a British chemist best known for his accidental discovery of mauveine in 1856. While attemp...

19TH Century Industrial British Mauveine

8.3 Great

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Alice Ball

Alice Ball (1892–1916) was an American chemist who developed the first effective injectable treatment for leprosy while...

American 20TH Century Pioneer Chaulmoogra Oil

7.9 Good

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818–1892) was a German chemist who studied under Justus von Liebig and directed the Royal C...

19TH Century Organic Chemistry German British Organic Dyes

7.9 Good

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Edward Frankland

Edward Frankland (1825–1899) was a British chemist who introduced the concept of valence (which he called 'combining pow...

19TH Century Pioneer British Organometallic Chemistry

7.9 Good

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Alexander Butlerov

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov (1828–1886) was a Russian chemist who developed and named the theory of chemical structu...

Russian 19TH Century Pioneer Structural Theory

7.9 Good

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Anders Jonas Ångström

Anders Jonas Ångström was a prominent Swedish physicist and astronomer recognized as a foundational figure in the field...

19TH Century Pioneer Optical Swedish

7.9 Good

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Marcellin Berthelot

Marcellin Berthelot (1827–1907) was a French chemist who advanced organic synthesis and thermochemistry. He synthesized...

French 19TH Century Pioneer Organic Synthesis

7.8 Good

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Hermann Kolbe

Hermann Kolbe (1818–1884) was a German chemist who studied under Friedrich Wöhler and Robert Bunsen. In 1845, he synthes...

German 19TH Century Organic Chemistry Organosynthesis

7.8 Good

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Vladimir Markovnikov

Vladimir Markovnikov (1838–1904) was a Russian chemist who studied under Alexander Butlerov at Kazan University. In 1869...

Russian 19TH Century Organic Chemistry Markovnikovs Rule

7.6 Good

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Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner

Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner was a German chemist whose work in the early 19th century laid important groundwork for the d...

German 19TH Century Classification Triads

7.4 Good

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Adolphe Wurtz

Adolphe Wurtz was a prominent 19th-century French chemist recognized for his foundational work in organic chemistry. He...

French 19TH Century Pioneer Organic Chemistry

7.3 Good

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Nikolai Zinin

Nikolai Zinin (1812–1880) was a prominent Russian organic chemist who made foundational contributions to the early devel...

Russian 19TH Century Pioneer Organic Chemistry

7.2 Good

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Lloyd Ferguson

American organic chemist (1923–2011) who was among the first African-American chemists to earn a PhD in the United State...

American Education 20TH Century Pioneer

7.0 Good