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Henry Roscoe

1833 - 1915

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Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (7 January 1833 – 18 December 1915) was a British chemist. He is particularly noted for early work on vanadium, photochemical studies, and his assistance in creating Oxo, in its earlier liquid form. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Roscoe is the 410th most popular chemist (up from 564th in 2019), the 2,519th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,937th in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Henry Roscoe ranks 410 out of 602. Before him are David Warren, Rashad Khalifa, Jean Stas, Leonor Michaelis, Ernst Otto Beckmann, and Luke Howard. After him are John William Draper, Jan Czochralski, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Brunó Ferenc Straub, Franz von Soxhlet, and George Church.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Henry Roscoe ranks 39. Before him are Manuel González Flores, Félix Bracquemond, Lazarus Fuchs, Manuel Amador Guerrero, Benedykt Dybowski, and Theodor Meynert. After him are Frederick Guthrie, Constantine V of Constantinople, Louis Paulsen, Kâmil Pasha, Zacharie Astruc, and Eugen Langen. Among people deceased in 1915, Henry Roscoe ranks 61. Before him are Richard Lydekker, Eugène Jansson, Serafino Vannutelli, Adolphe Pégoud, Gabriel von Max, and Nagakura Shinpachi. After him are Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Morgan Robertson, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Raffaello Giovagnoli, Arthur Hughes, and Booker T. Washington.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Roscoe ranks 2,520 out of 8,785. Before him are Madge Syers (1881), Josephine Tey (1896), Robert Whitehead (1823), Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield (1950), Roger Deakins (1949), and Tom Felton (1987). After him are Bill Roberts (1912), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Solomon (1902), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Samuel Smiles (1812), and Jamie Dornan (1982).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Henry Roscoe ranks 54. Before him are Edward Frankland (1825), Charles Macintosh (1766), Charles Hatchett (1765), Morris Travers (1872), Arthur Aikin (1773), and Luke Howard (1772). After him are John William Draper (1811), William Gregor (1761), Alexander William Williamson (1824), Peter Atkins (1940), John Mayow (1640), and Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893).

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