CHEMIST

Frederick Abel

1827 - 1902

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Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet (17 July 1827 – 6 September 1902) was an English chemist who was recognised as the leading British authority on explosives. He is best known for the invention of cordite as a replacement for gunpowder in firearms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Abel is the 332nd most popular chemist (down from 315th in 2019), the 1,588th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,369th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Frederick Abel ranks 332 out of 602. Before him are Théophile-Jules Pelouze, Louis Camille Maillard, Kazimierz Fajans, Eilhard Mitscherlich, Tim Hunt, and Karl Friedrich Mohr. After him are François-Marie Raoult, Martin Lowry, Roderick MacKinnon, Nils Gabriel Sefström, Clemens Winkler, and Kristian Birkeland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Frederick Abel ranks 20. Before him are Jyotirao Phule, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Oswald Achenbach, Jules Breton, Mangal Pandey, and Henry Gray. After him are William Burges, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Mihály Zichy, John Hanning Speke, Konstantin Pobedonostsev, and Sandford Fleming. Among people deceased in 1902, Frederick Abel ranks 20. Before him are Victor D'Hondt, James Tissot, Henryk Siemiradzki, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. After him are Charles Dow, Masaoka Shiki, Jacint Verdaguer, Julia Grant, Jan Gotlib Bloch, and Albert Bierstadt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Abel ranks 1,588 out of 8,785. Before him are Tim Hunt (1943), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Thomas Gresham (1519), Bill Ward (1948), Ian Rush (1961), and Dave Gahan (1962). After him are John Gould (1804), Aphra Behn (1640), Antony Flew (1923), Rishi Sunak (1980), Simon Le Bon (1958), and William Burges (1827).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Frederick Abel ranks 45. Before him are Thomas Andrews (1813), William Henry (1774), Smithson Tennant (1761), Michael Smith (1932), William Henry Perkin (1838), and Tim Hunt (1943). After him are Martin Lowry (1874), William Prout (1785), Edward Frankland (1825), Charles Macintosh (1766), Charles Hatchett (1765), and Morris Travers (1872).

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