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Friedrich Accum

1769 - 1838

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Friedrich Christian Accum or Frederick Accum (29 March 1769 – 28 June 1838) was a German chemist, whose most important achievements included advances in the field of gas lighting, efforts to keep processed foods free from dangerous additives, and the promotion of interest in the science of chemistry to the general populace. From 1793 to 1821 Accum lived in London. Following an apprenticeship as an apothecary, he opened his own commercial laboratory enterprise. His business manufactured and sold a variety of chemicals and laboratory equipment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Accum is the 534th most popular chemist (down from 461st in 2019), the 4,877th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,166th in 2019) and the 99th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Friedrich Accum ranks 534 out of 602. Before him are Oswald Schmiedeberg, Robert Jarvik, Marc Delafontaine, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, Nikolai Menshutkin, and Ida Freund. After him are Aleksandr Arbuzov, Neil Bartlett, Mary L. Good, Sabir Yunusov, Rainer Ludwig Claisen, and Gustav Rose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1769, Friedrich Accum ranks 45. Before him are Utagawa Toyokuni, Jane Marcet, Vasily Stasov, Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, and Andreas Miaoulis. After him are DeWitt Clinton, Isaac Brock, Rose Philippine Duchesne, and Amelia Opie. Among people deceased in 1838, Friedrich Accum ranks 34. Before him are Ferenc Kölcsey, Ignaz von Rudhart, Georges Mouton, Piet Retief, Ludwig Abeille, and Thomas Andrew Knight. After him are Maria Cosway, Paine Wingate, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, and Nathaniel Bowditch.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Accum ranks 4,880 out of 7,253. Before him are Dieter Henrich (1927), Friedel Rausch (1940), Lena Meyer-Landrut (1991), Friedrich Gogarten (1887), Erhard Keller (1944), and Michael Skibbe (1965). After him are Burkhard Heim (1925), Rudolf Stahl (1912), Toni Merkens (1912), Rob Pilatus (1965), Despina Vandi (1969), and Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Friedrich Accum ranks 99. Before him are Ludwig Knorr (1859), Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (1835), Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834), Jacob Volhard (1834), Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857), and Eugen Baumann (1846). After him are Rainer Ludwig Claisen (1851), Gustav Rose (1798), Johannes Wislicenus (1835), Max Bodenstein (1871), Hans Goldschmidt (1861), and Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1813).

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