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Fausto Elhuyar

1755 - 1833

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Fausto de Elhuyar (11 October 1755 – 6 February 1833) was a Spanish chemist, and the first to isolate tungsten with his brother Juan José Elhuyar in 1783. He was in charge, under a King of Spain commission, of organizing the School of Mines in México City and so was responsible for building the Palacio de Minería, a structure that would house the school. Elhuyar left Mexico after the Mexican War of Independence, when most of the Spanish residents in Mexico were expelled. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fausto Elhuyar is the 393rd most popular chemist (up from 405th in 2019), the 945th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,034th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Fausto Elhuyar ranks 393 out of 602. Before him are Isabella Karle, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, George Sarton, Mathieu Orfila, Heinrich Rose, and Nicolas Lemery. After him are Maclyn McCarty, Adolph Frank, Ferdinand Reich, Eric Betzig, Jennifer Doudna, and Koichi Tanaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Fausto Elhuyar ranks 31. Before him are Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, John Flaxman, Gilbert Stuart, John Marshall, and Robert Kerr. After him are Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Gaspard de Prony, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, and Nicolas-Jacques Conté. Among people deceased in 1833, Fausto Elhuyar ranks 29. Before him are Ferdinand Hérold, Rahel Varnhagen, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Ivan Martinov, Nannette Streicher, and Yagan. After him are Gottlob Ernst Schulze, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, Johann Friedrich Meckel, Banastre Tarleton, William Thompson, and Gervasio Antonio de Posadas.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Fausto Elhuyar ranks 945 out of 3,355. Before him are Joan Capdevila (1978), Javier Urruticoechea (1952), Juan Carreño de Miranda (1614), Enrique Collar (1934), Bernardo Atxaga (1951), and Tiberius Sempronius Longus (-250). After him are Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538), Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478), Juan Boscán Almogáver (1490), Juan Belmonte (1892), Álvaro Arbeloa (1983), and Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (1213).

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Among CHEMISTS In Spain

Among chemists born in Spain, Fausto Elhuyar ranks 3. Before him are Andrés Manuel del Río (1764), and Mathieu Orfila (1787). After him are Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), and Juan José Elhuyar (1754).

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