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Benjamin Silliman

1779 - 1864

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Benjamin Silliman (August 8, 1779 – November 24, 1864) was an American chemist and science educator. He was one of the first American professors of science, the first science professor at Yale, and the first person to use the process of fractional distillation in America. He was a founder of the American Journal of Science, the oldest continuously published scientific journal in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Silliman is the 577th most popular chemist (up from 582nd in 2019), the 10,908th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,503rd in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Benjamin Silliman ranks 577 out of 602. Before him are Sergey Lebedev, Faiza Al-Kharafi, Martin Kamen, Jiří Drahoš, Ira Remsen, and Gilbert Stork. After him are Rachel Fuller Brown, John George Children, Susan Solomon, Mary Engle Pennington, Martyn Poliakoff, and Richard Zare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Benjamin Silliman ranks 38. Before him are José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Tabitha Babbitt, Peter Mark Roget, Mountstuart Elphinstone, and Zebulon Pike. After him are Stephen Decatur, Samuel D. Ingham, and Joseph Story. Among people deceased in 1864, Benjamin Silliman ranks 70. Before him are Adelaide Anne Procter, Juris Alunāns, Alexander Vostokov, William T. Anderson, John Clare, and Robert Torrens. After him are John Sedgwick, William Smith O'Brien, Leonidas Polk, and Henry Schoolcraft.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Silliman ranks 10,910 out of 20,380. Before him are John B. Taylor (1946), Telma Hopkins (1948), Kenny Roberts Jr. (1973), Lucien Hubbard (1888), Rachel Zegler (2001), and Roma Maffia (1955). After him are Jerry Wexler (1917), Patricia A. McKillip (1948), Sunny (1989), Martin Milner (1931), Tim Mayotte (1960), and Dave Sheridan (1969).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Benjamin Silliman ranks 107. Before him are Anna J. Harrison (1912), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Barbara Askins (1939), F. Albert Cotton (1930), Mildred Cohn (1913), and Ira Remsen (1846). After him are Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), Susan Solomon (1956), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), Richard Zare (1939), Willis R. Whitney (1868), and Marie Maynard Daly (1921).

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