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Anselme Payen

1795 - 1871

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Anselme Payen (French: [pa.jɛ̃]; 6 January 1795 – 12 May 1871) was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anselme Payen is the 314th most popular chemist (down from 296th in 2019), the 1,751st most popular biography from France (up from 1,829th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Anselme Payen ranks 314 out of 602. Before him are Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Andreas Libavius, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, William Henry, and Fritz London. After him are Smithson Tennant, Aziz Sancar, Yuan T. Lee, Michael Smith, William Henry Perkin, and Dan Shechtman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Anselme Payen ranks 20. Before him are Dred Scott, Saverio Mercadante, Ary Scheffer, Alexander Griboyedov, John William Polidori, and Hadji Murad. After him are Vincent Pallotti, Heinrich Marschner, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, James Barry, Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria, and Johns Hopkins. Among people deceased in 1871, Anselme Payen ranks 19. Before him are Robert Anderson, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Alexander Afanasyev, Wilhelm Weitling, and Jarosław Dąbrowski. After him are Charles Paul de Kock, Carl Tausig, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Moritz von Schwind, and Filippo Taglioni.

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In France

Among people born in France, Anselme Payen ranks 1,751 out of 6,770. Before him are Adhemar of Le Puy (1055), Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848), François-Henri Pinault (1962), Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926), Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743), and William of Gellone (750). After him are Xavier de Maistre (1763), Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), Lambert Wilson (1958), Jacques Dutronc (1943), Henri, Count of Paris (1908), and Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Anselme Payen ranks 34. Before him are André-Louis Debierne (1874), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Bernard Courtois (1777), Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755), Antoine Baumé (1728), and Alexandre Brongniart (1770). After him are Charles Friedel (1822), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Louis Camille Maillard (1878), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), and Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788).

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