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James Dewar

1842 - 1923

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Sir James Dewar ( DEW-ər; 20 September 1842 – 27 March 1923) was a Scottish chemist and physicist. He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with research into the liquefaction of gases. He also studied atomic and molecular spectroscopy, working in these fields for more than 25 years. Dewar was nominated for the Nobel Prize 8 times — 5 times in Physics and 3 times in Chemistry — but he was never so honoured. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Dewar is the 209th most popular chemist (down from 145th in 2019), the 789th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 645th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, James Dewar ranks 209 out of 602. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Robert H. Grubbs, Robert F. Furchgott, Georg Ernst Stahl, Karl Barry Sharpless, and Alan MacDiarmid. After him are Roald Hoffmann, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Nikolay Semyonov, Paul Lauterbur, Kenichi Fukui, and Geoffrey Wilkinson.

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Among people born in 1842, James Dewar ranks 18. Before him are Camille Flammarion, Paul Lafargue, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, Arrigo Boito, Hermann Cohen, and Osborne Reynolds. After him are Vasily Vereshchagin, Georg Brandes, Sophus Lie, Okita Sōji, Ambrose Bierce, and Édouard Lucas. Among people deceased in 1923, James Dewar ranks 22. Before him are Julius Martov, Dietrich Eckart, Edward Emerson Barnard, Damdin Sükhbaatar, Pierre Loti, and Princess Louise of Prussia. After him are Hertha Ayrton, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Katherine Mansfield, Edith Södergran, Raymond Radiguet, and Milena Vukotić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Dewar ranks 789 out of 8,785. Before him are Andy Cole (1971), Jean Simmons (1929), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Henry Every (1659), Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743), and George Mallory (1886). After him are William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Peter Greenaway (1942), Saint Malachy (1094), and Anthony James Leggett (1938).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, James Dewar ranks 28. Before him are Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), John E. Walker (1941), Derek Barton (1918), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), and Herbert C. Brown (1912). After him are Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), John Newlands (1837), John Vane (1927), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), John Frederic Daniell (1790), and John Pople (1925).

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