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Andrés Manuel del Río

1764 - 1849

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Andrés Manuel del Río y Fernández (10 November 1764 – 23 March 1849) was a Spanish scientist, naturalist and engineer who discovered compounds of vanadium in 1801. He proposed that the element be given the name panchromium, or later, erythronium, but his discovery was not credited at the time, and his names were not used. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrés Manuel del Río is the 375th most popular chemist (up from 418th in 2019), the 849th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,117th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Andrés Manuel del Río ranks 375 out of 602. Before her are Asima Chatterjee, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Morris Travers, Friedrich Stromeyer, Carl Djerassi, and Jeremias Benjamin Richter. After her are Albert Ghiorso, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Jacques Bergier, Hermann von Fehling, and Arthur Aikin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Andrés Manuel del Río ranks 16. Before her are Fletcher Christian, Alexander Mackenzie, Nikolai Rezanov, Barbara von Krüdener, Johann Gottfried Schadow, and Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy. After her are Sophie de Condorcet, Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Dorothea von Schlegel, Charles Percier, Gustav Hugo, and Jens Baggesen. Among people deceased in 1849, Andrés Manuel del Río ranks 37. Before her are Conradin Kreutzer, Quatremère de Quincy, François Habeneck, Delphine LaLaurie, Angelica Catalani, and Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este. After her are Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Dolley Madison, Jan Svatopluk Presl, Pierre François Verhulst, William Etty, and Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Andrés Manuel del Río ranks 849 out of 3,355. Before her are José Calvo Sotelo (1893), Ion Andoni Goikoetxea (1965), Eleanor of Arborea (1340), Joaquín Navarro-Valls (1936), Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076), and Rocío Dúrcal (1944). After her are Ahmad al-Muqtadir (1050), Agobard (769), Conchita Martínez (1972), Alfonso II, Count of Provence (1180), Muniadona of Castile (995), and Ignacio Zoco (1939).

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Among CHEMISTS In Spain

Among chemists born in Spain, Andrés Manuel del Río ranks 1. After her are Mathieu Orfila (1787), Fausto Elhuyar (1755), Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), and Juan José Elhuyar (1754).

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