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Viktor Meyer
Viktor Meyer was a German chemist and significant contributor to both organic and inorganic chemistry. He is best known for inventing an apparatus for determining vapour densities, the Viktor Meyer apparatus, and for discovering thiophene, a heterocyclic compound. He is sometimes referred to as Victor Meyer, a name used in some of his publications.
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science · German chemist (1848–1897) · chemist · inventor · university teacher · author · also Viktor Meyer, Meyer
Born 8 September 1848 · Died 8 August 1897 · Q76622
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2026· 2 entries
Hotel Management: Meyer Jabara Hotels to manage University of Florida hotel
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2021· 1 entry
Published “Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold” in Nature — cited 44,113 times.
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2012· 1 entry
Published “Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 6,825 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “SEVEN-YEAR<i>WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE</i>(<i>WMAP</i>) OBSERVATIONS: COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION” in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series — cited 6,925 times.
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2008· 2 entries
Published “The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology” in BMC Genomics — cited 10,781 times.
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Published “Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)” in Genome Biology — cited 17,966 times.
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2006· 1 entry
Published “Raman Spectrum of Graphene and Graphene Layers” in Physical Review Letters — cited 13,852 times.
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2003· 2 entries
Published “Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence.” in Psychological Bulletin — cited 11,575 times.
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Published “First‐Year <i>Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe</i> ( <i>WMAP</i> ) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters” in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series — cited 9,264 times.
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1978· 1 entry
Published “A Rating Scale for Mania: Reliability, Validity and Sensitivity” in British Journal of Psychiatry — cited 7,403 times.
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1977· 1 entry
Published “Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony” in American Journal of Sociology — cited 18,497 times.
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1897· 2 entries
Died 1897-08-08.
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During one of his depressions, Meyer decided to take his own life
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1892· 1 entry
By reacting o-iodobenzoic acid with nitric acid
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1891· 1 entry
Won Davy Medal (1891).
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1889· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor (1889–1897).
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1885· 1 entry
Was chosen to succeed Hans Hübner (1837–1884) in the professorship of chemistry at Göttingen University, where stereo-chemical questions especially engaged his attention; and in 1889, on the resignation of his old mas
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1884· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor (1884–1888).
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1882· 2 entries
Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1882).
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On the death of Wilhelm Weith (1844–1881), professor of chemistry at Zurich University, he undertook to continue the lectures on benzene derivatives, and this led him to the discovery of thiophen
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1876· 1 entry
Meyer created a new method for determining gas density in 1878
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1872· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor (1872–1884).
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1871· 1 entry
Career landmark: extraordinary professor (1871–1872).
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1865· 2 entries
When not yet 17 years old but pushed by his parents, Meyer began studying chemistry at the University of Berlin, the same year that August Wilhelm von Hofmann succeeded Eilhard Mitscherlich as the Chair of Chemistry ther
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Studied at Friedrichswerder Gymnasium (1858–1865).
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1848· 2 entries
Born 1848-09-08.
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The son of trader and cotton printer Jacques Meyer and mother, Bertha
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