Chemicus

Humphry Davy

1778 - 1829

Humphry Davy

Sir Humphry Davy, FRS (Penzance (Cornwall), 17 december 1778 – Genève (Zwitserland), 29 mei 1829) was een Brits scheikundige. Naast zijn vele scheikundige ontdekkingen is hij ook bekend als de uitvinder van de booglamp en de naar hem vernoemde mijnlamp. Lees meer op Wikipedia

Zijn biografie is beschikbaar in 84 verschillende talen op Wikipedia (toegenomen van 83 in 2024). Humphry Davy staat op plaats 41 onder de meest populaire chemicus (gedaald van plaats 27 in 2024), plaats 225 onder de meest populaire biografieën uit Verenigd Koninkrijk (gedaald van plaats 180 in 2019) en op plaats 6 onder de populairste chemicus uit Verenigd Koninkrijk.

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Among Chemicuses

Among chemicuses, Humphry Davy ranks 41 out of 602. Before him are Henri Moissan, Richard Willstätter, F. Sherwood Rowland, Linus Pauling, Paul Karrer, and Tadeusz Reichstein. After him are Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Alfred Werner, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Adolf von Baeyer, Fritz Pregl, and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan.

Most Popular Chemicuses in Wikipedia

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Henri Moissan
1852 - 1907
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 35
Richard Willstätter
1872 - 1942
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 36
F. Sherwood Rowland
1927 - 2012
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 37
Linus Pauling
1901 - 1994
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 38
Paul Karrer
1889 - 1971
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 39
Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 40
Humphry Davy
1778 - 1829
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 41
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
1865 - 1929
HPI: 76.66
Rank: 42
Alfred Werner
1866 - 1919
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 43
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
1897 - 1967
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 44
Adolf von Baeyer
1835 - 1917
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 45
Fritz Pregl
1869 - 1930
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 46
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
1952 - Present
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 47

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Humphry Davy ranks 5. Before him are Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Marie Thérèse of France, Louis Bonaparte, and Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. After him are José de San Martín, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Bernardo O'Higgins, and Clemens Brentano. Among people deceased in 1829, Humphry Davy ranks 6. Before him are Pope Leo XII, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Niels Henrik Abel, John Jay, and Friedrich Schlegel. After him are Thomas Young, Maria Anna Mozart, Paul Barras, François-Joseph Gossec, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, and Mauro Giuliani.

Others Born in 1778

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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
CHEMIST
1778 - 1850
HPI: 81.21
Rank: 1
Marie Thérèse of France
NOBLEMAN
1778 - 1851
HPI: 80.59
Rank: 2
Louis Bonaparte
POLITICIAN
1778 - 1846
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 3
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
POLITICIAN
1778 - 1837
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 4
Humphry Davy
CHEMIST
1778 - 1829
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 5
José de San Martín
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1778 - 1850
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 6
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
COMPOSER
1778 - 1837
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 7
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
EXPLORER
1778 - 1852
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 8
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
BIOLOGIST
1778 - 1841
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 9
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
EXPLORER
1778 - 1823
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 10
Bernardo O'Higgins
POLITICIAN
1778 - 1842
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 11
Clemens Brentano
WRITER
1778 - 1842
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1829

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Pope Leo XII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1760 - 1829
HPI: 84.18
Rank: 1
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
BIOLOGIST
1744 - 1829
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 2
Niels Henrik Abel
MATHEMATICIAN
1802 - 1829
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 3
John Jay
DIPLOMAT
1745 - 1829
HPI: 78.08
Rank: 4
Friedrich Schlegel
WRITER
1772 - 1829
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 5
Humphry Davy
CHEMIST
1778 - 1829
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 6
Thomas Young
PHYSICIST
1773 - 1829
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 7
Maria Anna Mozart
MUSICIAN
1751 - 1829
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 8
Paul Barras
POLITICIAN
1755 - 1829
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 9
François-Joseph Gossec
COMPOSER
1734 - 1829
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 10
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
CHEMIST
1763 - 1829
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 11
Mauro Giuliani
MUSICIAN
1781 - 1829
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 12

In Verenigd Koninkrijk

Among people born in Verenigd Koninkrijk, Humphry Davy ranks 225 out of NaN. Before him are Guy Fawkes (1570), Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), George Stephenson (1781), John Harvard (1607), W. H. Auden (1907), and William John Macquorn Rankine (1820). After him are T. E. Lawrence (1888), Marie of Romania (1875), Joseph Priestley (1733), Ringo Starr (1940), C. S. Lewis (1898), and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935).

Others born in Verenigd Koninkrijk

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Guy Fawkes
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1570 - 1606
HPI: 77.05
Rank: 219
Æthelbald, King of Wessex
POLITICIAN
831 - 860
HPI: 77.05
Rank: 220
George Stephenson
INVENTOR
1781 - 1848
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 221
John Harvard
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1607 - 1638
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 222
W. H. Auden
WRITER
1907 - 1973
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 223
William John Macquorn Rankine
ENGINEER
1820 - 1872
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 224
Humphry Davy
CHEMIST
1778 - 1829
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 225
T. E. Lawrence
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1935
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 226
Marie of Romania
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1938
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 227
Joseph Priestley
PHILOSOPHER
1733 - 1804
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 228
Ringo Starr
MUSICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 229
C. S. Lewis
WRITER
1898 - 1963
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 230
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
POLITICIAN
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 231