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Gaston Tissandier

1843 - 1899

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Gaston Tissandier (November 21, 1843 – August 30, 1899) was a French chemist, meteorologist, aviator, and editor. He founded and edited the scientific magazine La Nature and wrote several books. His brother was illustrator Albert Tissandier. His son Paul became a well known aviator in his own right. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Tissandier is the 450th most popular chemist (down from 443rd in 2019), the 3,692nd most popular biography from France (up from 3,794th in 2019) and the 56th most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Gaston Tissandier ranks 450 out of 602. Before him are Anders Jahan Retzius, Alexander William Williamson, James Crafts, Constantin Fahlberg, J. L. B. Smith, and Auguste Laurent. After him are John Tukey, Peter Atkins, Benjamin List, Johann Schweigger, Nikolay Zinin, and Peter Armbruster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Gaston Tissandier ranks 62. Before him are Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Kliment Timiryazev, Emily Warren Roebling, Émile Levassor, Ernest Mason Satow, and Kristian Zahrtmann. After him are Peter Rosegger, Louis Diémer, Louis Duchesne, Gertrude Jekyll, Axel Gudbrand Blytt, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1899, Gaston Tissandier ranks 53. Before him are Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn, Henry Becque, Jovan Ristić, Emilio Castelar, Johann Köler, and Ernest Renshaw. After him are Lascăr Catargiu, Jacob Maris, Emil Welti, Ulises Heureaux, Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, and Heymann Steinthal.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston Tissandier ranks 3,692 out of 6,770. Before him are Auguste Laurent (1807), Michel Le Tellier (1603), Lucien Pissarro (1863), Louis de Buade de Frontenac (1622), Pascale Petit (1938), and Peire Cardenal (1180). After him are Fréhel (1891), Baude Cordier (1364), Pierre Barouh (1934), Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585), Alphonse Legros (1837), and Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Gaston Tissandier ranks 56. Before him are Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795), Louis Le Chatelier (1815), Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès (1817), Henri Braconnot (1780), Eugène-Anatole Demarçay (1852), and Auguste Laurent (1807). After him are Antoine Bussy (1794), Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville (1720), Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt (1731), Edmond Frémy (1814), Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen (1814), and Moungi Bawendi (1961).

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