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Charles Macintosh

1766 - 1843

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Charles Macintosh FRS (29 December 1766 – 25 July 1843) was a Scottish chemist and the inventor of the modern waterproof raincoat. The Mackintosh raincoat (the variant spelling is now standard) is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Macintosh is the 360th most popular chemist (down from 341st in 2019), the 1,910th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,626th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Charles Macintosh ranks 360 out of 602. Before her are Paul Héroult, Paul Walden, Henry Eyring, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Edward Frankland, and Lars Fredrik Nilson. After her are Karl Ernst Claus, Victor Goldschmidt, Alice Ball, Édouard Herzen, Otto Schott, and Peter Waage.

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Among people born in 1766, Charles Macintosh ranks 21. Before her are Dominique Jean Larrey, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, John Farey Sr., Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, François-Xavier Fabre, and Slimane of Morocco. After her are Samuel Frederick Gray, Robert Darwin, Alexander Wilson, Wilhelm Hisinger, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, and Joseph Weigl. Among people deceased in 1843, Charles Macintosh ranks 16. Before her are John Armstrong Jr., Marie Anne Lenormand, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Robert Southey, Peter Wittgenstein, and Sequoyah. After her are Alexis Bouvard, Casimir Delavigne, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Ippolito Rosellini, and Francis Scott Key.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Macintosh ranks 1,910 out of 8,785. Before her are Jack Hawkins (1910), Thomas Simpson (1710), Louis Harold Gray (1905), David Bailey (1938), Richard Adams (1920), and Martin Amis (1949). After her are Peter Vaughan (1923), Thomas Sydenham (1624), Edward Young (1683), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), John Henry Poynting (1852), and Leonard Woolley (1880).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Charles Macintosh ranks 49. Before her are William Henry Perkin (1838), Tim Hunt (1943), Frederick Abel (1827), Martin Lowry (1874), William Prout (1785), and Edward Frankland (1825). After her are Charles Hatchett (1765), Morris Travers (1872), Arthur Aikin (1773), Luke Howard (1772), Henry Roscoe (1833), and John William Draper (1811).

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