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Archibald Scott Couper

1831 - 1892

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Archibald Scott Couper (; 31 March 1831 – 11 March 1892) was a Scottish chemist who proposed an early theory of chemical structure and bonding. He developed the concepts of tetravalent carbon atoms linking together to form large molecules, and that the bonding order of the atoms in a molecule can be determined from chemical evidence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Archibald Scott Couper is the 484th most popular chemist (down from 474th in 2019), the 3,378th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,217th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Archibald Scott Couper ranks 484 out of 602. Before him are Carl Theodore Liebermann, Yellapragada Subbarow, Phoebus Levene, Masatoshi Shima, Christopher Kelk Ingold, and Ivan Horbachevsky. After him are Alwin Mittasch, William Nicholson, Allen J. Bard, Edward Charles Howard, Christian Konrad Sprengel, and Moungi Bawendi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Archibald Scott Couper ranks 83. Before him are Arsenio Martínez Campos, Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet, Edward Routh, Gustav Radde, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, and Heinrich von Stephan. After him are Reinhold Begas, Ippolito Nievo, Eduard von Martens, Fran Levstik, Ludvig Norman, and Amelia Edwards. Among people deceased in 1892, Archibald Scott Couper ranks 67. Before him are Robert Ford, Johann Eduard Erdmann, José María Castro Madriz, Fanny Churberg, Pashko Vasa, and Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg. After him are Dimitrie Brătianu, Henri Duveyrier, Henry Edward Manning, Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, Amelia Edwards, and Robert Franz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Archibald Scott Couper ranks 3,379 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Reeve (1966), Ken Green (1924), William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), Charles Crichton (1910), Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), and John Douglas (1830). After him are Warwick Davis (1970), Michael Gothard (1939), Albert Hill (1889), George W. Campbell (1769), David Allan (1744), and William Nicholson (1753).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Archibald Scott Couper ranks 61. Before him are John William Draper (1811), William Gregor (1761), Alexander William Williamson (1824), Peter Atkins (1940), John Mayow (1640), and Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893). After him are William Nicholson (1753), Edward Charles Howard (1774), John Walker (1781), William Hallowes Miller (1801), David MacMillan (1968), and Charles Blagden (1748).

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