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Charles Blagden

1748 - 1820

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Sir Charles Brian Blagden FRS (17 April 1748 – 26 March 1820) was an English physician and chemist. He served as a medical officer in the Army (1776–1780) and later held the position of Secretary of the Royal Society (1784–1797). Blagden won the Copley Medal in 1788 and was knighted in 1792. He died in Arcueil, France in 1820, and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Blagden is the 523rd most popular chemist (down from 480th in 2019), the 4,041st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,294th in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Chemist.

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Among chemists, Charles Blagden ranks 523 out of 602. Before him are Alexey Favorsky, David MacMillan, Omowunmi Sadik, Nina Andreyeva, Bruce Ames, and James Smithson. After him are Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, Michael Behe, Darleane C. Hoffman, Eugen Baumann, Oswald Schmiedeberg, and Robert Jarvik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Charles Blagden ranks 28. Before him are Asaf-ud-Daula, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, John Playfair, Francesco Mario Pagano, and Martha Jefferson. After him are Joseph Bramah, Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, Anne Seymour Damer, William Few, and Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch. Among people deceased in 1820, Charles Blagden ranks 39. Before him are Ivan Gudovich, Claudine Picardet, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Louise Caroline of Hochberg, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, and Alexis Thérèse Petit. After him are Palisot de Beauvois, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Stephen Decatur, William Ellery, and Henry Grattan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Blagden ranks 4,042 out of 8,785. Before him are Annabelle Wallis (1984), David Morrissey (1964), Shirley Eaton (1937), John Farnham (1949), Anthony D. Smith (1939), and Bert Jansch (1943). After him are John Wilkinson (1728), John Byng (1704), Edgar Syers (1863), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Ron Tauranac (1925), and Chris Blackwell (1937).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Charles Blagden ranks 67. Before him are Archibald Scott Couper (1831), William Nicholson (1753), Edward Charles Howard (1774), John Walker (1781), William Hallowes Miller (1801), and David MacMillan (1968). After him are Neil Bartlett (1932), Robin Hill (1899), John Roebuck (1718), Leslie Orgel (1927), Carol V. Robinson (1956), and John George Children (1777).

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