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James Crafts

1839 - 1917

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James Mason Crafts (March 8, 1839 – June 20, 1917) was an American chemist, mostly known for developing the Friedel–Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions with Charles Friedel in 1876. A research chemist for most of his career, Crafts also served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1898 to 1900. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Crafts is the 446th most popular chemist (up from 459th in 2019), the 5,290th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,556th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, James Crafts ranks 446 out of 602. Before him are Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Michael Grätzel, Johan Kjeldahl, Carl Remigius Fresenius, Anders Jahan Retzius, and Alexander William Williamson. After him are Constantin Fahlberg, J. L. B. Smith, Auguste Laurent, Gaston Tissandier, John Tukey, and Peter Atkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, James Crafts ranks 65. Before him are Carl Humann, Bernardino Caballero, Luigi Pelloux, Jakob Hurt, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, and Marianne Hainisch. After him are Ludwig Anzengruber, Jane Morris, Luigi Capuana, Friedrich Gernsheim, Nelson A. Miles, and Pavlo Chubynsky. Among people deceased in 1917, James Crafts ranks 79. Before him are Titu Maiorescu, Yi Jun-yong, Édouard Drumont, Federico Zandomeneghi, Yikuang, and Kristian Zahrtmann. After him are José Enrique Rodó, Charles Horton Peck, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Werner Voss, Yevgeni Bauer, and Stanley Maude.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Crafts ranks 5,290 out of 20,380. Before him are Katherine Anne Porter (1890), Jeezy (1977), Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Robert Montgomery (1904), Sable (1967), and Lauren German (1978). After him are Ram Dass (1931), Betty Holberton (1917), Alexander Payne (1961), David Foster Wallace (1962), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), and Mary Surratt (1823).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, James Crafts ranks 83. Before him are Maclyn McCarty (1911), Eric Betzig (1960), Jennifer Doudna (1964), Roy J. Plunkett (1910), George Church (1954), and Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847). After him are John Tukey (1915), Myrtle Bachelder (1908), Donella Meadows (1941), Allen J. Bard (1933), Karen Wetterhahn (1948), and Helen Murray Free (1923).

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