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Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville

1818 - 1881

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Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville (11 March 1818 – 1 July 1881) was a French chemist. He was born in the island of St Thomas in the Danish West Indies, where his father was French consul. Together with his elder brother Charles, he was educated in Paris at the collège Rollin. In 1844, having graduated as a doctor of medicine and doctor of science, he was appointed to organize the new faculty of science at Besançon, where he acted as dean and professor of chemistry from 1845 to 1851. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville is the 347th most popular chemist (down from 339th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from U.S. Virgin Islands and the most popular Chemist.

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Among chemists, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville ranks 347 out of 602. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Morten P. Meldal, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, and Carl Reichenbach. After him are Thomas C. Südhof, Frances Arnold, William Prout, Louis E. Brus, Sendivogius, and Alexander Shulgin.

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Among people born in 1818, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville ranks 43. Before him are Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin. After him are Heinrich Göbel, Franciscus Donders, Jules Jamin, Marco Minghetti, Heinrich Kiepert, and P. G. T. Beauregard. Among people deceased in 1881, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville ranks 35. Before him are Ludwig von Benedek, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Sophia Perovskaya, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Archduchess Clementina of Austria, and Ami Boué. After him are Aga Khan I, Jacques Collin de Plancy, Daniele Comboni, Nikolai Kibalchich, Joseph Škoda, and Princess Caroline of Denmark.

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In U.S. Virgin Islands

Among people born in U.S. Virgin Islands, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville ranks 2 out of 12. Before him are Camille Pissarro (1830). After him are Kelsey Grammer (1955), Emile Griffith (1938), Tim Duncan (1976), Judah P. Benjamin (1811), Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832), John de Jongh Jr. (1957), Jasmin St. Claire (1972), Peter Holmberg (1960), Raja Bell (1976), and Daryl Homer (1990).

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Among chemists born in U.S. Virgin Islands, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville ranks 1. 

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