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Organic Activist Nobel Prize Activism

9.3 Excellent

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August Kekulé

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Organic German 19TH Century Benzene

9.2 Excellent

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Friedrich Wöhler

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German 19TH Century Pioneer Organic Chemistry

9.1 Excellent

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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

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French 19TH Century Pioneer Analytical

8.3 Great

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19TH Century Industrial British Mauveine

8.3 Great

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7.9 Good

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann

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7.9 Good

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Edward Frankland

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19TH Century Pioneer British Organometallic Chemistry

7.9 Good

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Alexander Butlerov

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Russian 19TH Century Pioneer Structural Theory

7.9 Good

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Arne Tiselius

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20TH Century Analytical Swedish Proteins

7.9 Good

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Anders Jonas Ångström

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19TH Century Pioneer Optical Swedish

7.9 Good

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Marcellin Berthelot

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French 19TH Century Pioneer Organic Synthesis

7.8 Good

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Hermann Kolbe

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German 19TH Century Organic Chemistry Organosynthesis

7.8 Good

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Vladimir Markovnikov

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Russian 19TH Century Organic Chemistry Markovnikovs Rule

7.6 Good

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Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner

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German 19TH Century Classification Triads

7.4 Good

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Archibald Scott Couper

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19TH Century Pioneer Scottish Structural Organic Chemistry

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

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Russian 19TH Century Pioneer Organic Chemistry

7.2 Good

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Lloyd Ferguson

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American Education 20TH Century Pioneer

7.0 Good

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Knut Ångström

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Swedish Physical Chemistry Spectroscopy 19TH 20TH Century

6.4 Fair