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Arthur Aikin

1773 - 1854

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Arthur Aikin (19 May 1773 – 15 April 1854) was an English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer, and was a founding member of the Chemical Society (now the Royal Society of Chemistry). He first became its treasurer in 1841, and later became the society's second president. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Aikin is the 381st most popular chemist (up from 404th in 2019), the 2,176th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,266th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Arthur Aikin ranks 381 out of 602. Before him are Andrés Manuel del Río, Albert Ghiorso, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Jacques Bergier, and Hermann von Fehling. After him are Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Nikolay Zelinsky, Agnes Pockels, Joseph Achille Le Bel, Edward Calvin Kendall, and Isabella Karle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Arthur Aikin ranks 29. Before him are Hussein Dey, Étienne Maurice Gérard, Robert Surcouf, Thomas Horsfield, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, and Ioannis Kolettis. After him are Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Josef Jungmann, Henrik Steffens, Giuseppe Acerbi, Jakob Friedrich Fries, and Lodewijk van Heiden. Among people deceased in 1854, Arthur Aikin ranks 22. Before him are Marcellin Marbot, Jeremias Gotthelf, John Martin, Kamehameha III, Caroline of Hesse-Homburg, and Nicolás Bravo. After him are Pierre Alphonse Laurent, Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, Émilie de Villeneuve, Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel, Macedonio Melloni, and Abdullah Abdul Kadir.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Aikin ranks 2,176 out of 8,785. Before him are Eliza Poe (1787), Lesley-Anne Down (1954), Max Mallowan (1904), Andrew Smith (1797), Stephen Dillane (1957), and Thomas Henderson (1798). After him are Rachel Kempson (1910), William Allen (1532), Sophie Kinsella (1969), David Moyes (1963), Menzies Campbell (1941), and Bill Bruford (1949).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Arthur Aikin ranks 52. Before him are Martin Lowry (1874), William Prout (1785), Edward Frankland (1825), Charles Macintosh (1766), Charles Hatchett (1765), and Morris Travers (1872). After him are Luke Howard (1772), Henry Roscoe (1833), John William Draper (1811), William Gregor (1761), Alexander William Williamson (1824), and Peter Atkins (1940).

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