CHEMIST

Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy

1755 - 1809

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Antoine François Fourcroy (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan fʁɑ̃swa fuʁkʁwa]; 15 June 1755 – 16 December 1809) was a French chemist and a contemporary of Antoine Lavoisier. Fourcroy collaborated with Lavoisier, Guyton de Morveau, and Claude Berthollet on the Méthode de nomenclature chimique, a work that helped standardize chemical nomenclature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy is the 297th most popular chemist (up from 335th in 2019), the 1,592nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,311th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 297 out of 602. Before him are Kikunae Ikeda, Leopold Gmelin, Per Teodor Cleve, William C. Campbell, Michael Polanyi, and Bernard Courtois. After him are Carl Gustaf Mosander, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Rasmus Bartholin, Thomas Cech, and Germain Henri Hess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 17. Before him are Georges Couthon, Anthony of Saxony, Giovanni Battista Viotti, François Joseph Lefebvre, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, and Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden. After him are Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Bertrand Barère, Natalia Alexeievna, Quatremère de Quincy, and Anacharsis Cloots. Among people deceased in 1809, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 7. Before him are Joseph Haydn, Nicolai Abildgaard, Jean Lannes, Thomas Paine, Rama I, and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. After him are Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Ueda Akinari, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Joseph-Marie Vien, and Leopold Auenbrugger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 1,592 out of 6,770. Before him are Guillaume de Beaujeu (1300), Bernard Courtois (1777), Marcel Dassault (1892), Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (1465), Claude, Duke of Guise (1496), and Louise Diane d'Orléans (1716). After him are Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1605), André Lhote (1885), Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337), Laurent Fabius (1946), Michel Serrault (1928), and Odo de St Amand (1110).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 31. Before him are Nicolas Leblanc (1742), Luis Federico Leloir (1906), Paul Ulrich Villard (1860), André-Louis Debierne (1874), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), and Bernard Courtois (1777). After him are Antoine Baumé (1728), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), Anselme Payen (1795), Charles Friedel (1822), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), and Louis Camille Maillard (1878).

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