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Charles Hatchett

1765 - 1847

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Charles Hatchett FRS FRSE (2 January 1765 – 10 March 1847) was an English mineralogist and analytical chemist who discovered the element niobium, for which he proposed the name "columbium". Hatchett was elected a Fellow of the Linnaean Society in 1795, and of the Royal Society in 1797. Hatchett was elected to the Literary Club in London in 1809 and became its treasurer in 1829. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Hatchett is the 367th most popular chemist (down from 348th in 2019), the 2,006th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,694th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Charles Hatchett ranks 367 out of 602. Before him are Karl Ernst Claus, Victor Goldschmidt, Alice Ball, Édouard Herzen, Otto Schott, and Peter Waage. After him are Viktor Meyer, Asima Chatterjee, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Morris Travers, Friedrich Stromeyer, and Carl Djerassi.

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Among people born in 1765, Charles Hatchett ranks 18. Before him are Emma, Lady Hamilton, Paolo Ruffini, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, José María Morelos, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Christiane Vulpius. After him are Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Claire Lacombe, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, Joseph Leopold Eybler, Franz Xaver von Baader, and Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon. Among people deceased in 1847, Charles Hatchett ranks 18. Before him are Adélaïde d'Orléans, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Eugénie de Beauharnais, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Maria Schicklgruber, and William II, Elector of Hesse. After him are Alexandre Deschapelles, Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil, Ioannis Kolettis, Josef Jungmann, Robert Liston, and Karl Friedrich Burdach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Hatchett ranks 2,006 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Allingham (1896), Roger Hodgson (1950), Pauline Moran (1947), Kenneth Grahame (1859), Alan Bates (1934), and Joanne Whalley (1961). After him are Gerry Adams (1948), Paul Gallagher (1954), William Smith (1813), Michael Anderson (1920), Rachel Ward (1957), and William Elford Leach (1791).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Charles Hatchett ranks 50. Before him are Tim Hunt (1943), Frederick Abel (1827), Martin Lowry (1874), William Prout (1785), Edward Frankland (1825), and Charles Macintosh (1766). After him are Morris Travers (1872), Arthur Aikin (1773), Luke Howard (1772), Henry Roscoe (1833), John William Draper (1811), and William Gregor (1761).

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