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James Smithson

1765 - 1829

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James Smithson (c. 1765 – 27 June 1829) was a British chemist and mineralogist. He published numerous scientific papers for the Royal Society during the early 1800s as well as defining calamine, which would eventually be renamed after him as "smithsonite". He was the founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, which also bears his name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Smithson is the 522nd most popular chemist (down from 466th in 2019), the 4,579th most popular biography from France (down from 4,118th in 2019) and the 64th most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, James Smithson ranks 522 out of 602. Before him are Albert Eschenmoser, Alexey Favorsky, David MacMillan, Omowunmi Sadik, Nina Andreyeva, and Bruce Ames. After him are Charles Blagden, Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, Michael Behe, Darleane C. Hoffman, Eugen Baumann, and Oswald Schmiedeberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1765, James Smithson ranks 34. Before him are James Ivory, Petrobey Mavromichalis, Antonio Nariño, Sylvestre François Lacroix, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, and Jakub Jan Ryba. After him are Henry Thomas Colebrooke, and Daniel Steibelt. Among people deceased in 1829, James Smithson ranks 45. Before him are Wojciech Bogusławski, Richard Anthony Salisbury, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Timothy Pickering, Cornelio Saavedra, and John Mawe. After him are Albrecht Berblinger, Henry Dearborn, and Pedro Blanco Soto.

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In France

Among people born in France, James Smithson ranks 4,579 out of 6,770. Before him are Michiel de Swaen (1654), Henri Leconte (1963), Jean-Christophe Rufin (1952), Guy de la Chapelle (1868), Roselyne Bachelot (1946), and Danièle Dupré (1938). After him are Alain Peyrefitte (1925), André Comte-Sponville (1952), Marguerite Audoux (1863), Eva Ionesco (1965), Roger Planchon (1931), and Walid Regragui (1975).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, James Smithson ranks 64. Before him are Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville (1720), Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt (1731), Edmond Frémy (1814), Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen (1814), Moungi Bawendi (1961), and Pierre Adet (1763).

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