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Jean-Antoine Chaptal

1756 - 1832

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Jean-Antoine Chaptal, comte de Chanteloup (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan ʃaptal]; 5 June 1756 – 29 July 1832) was a French chemist, physician, agronomist, industrialist, statesman, educator and philanthropist. Chaptal was involved in early industrialization in France under Napoleon and during the Bourbon Restoration. He was a founder and the first president of the Society for the Encouragement of National Industry. He was an organizer of industrial expositions held in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Antoine Chaptal is the 413th most popular chemist (down from 391st in 2019), the 3,291st most popular biography from France (down from 3,122nd in 2019) and the 46th most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jean-Antoine Chaptal ranks 413 out of 602. Before him are Leonor Michaelis, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Luke Howard, Henry Roscoe, John William Draper, and Jan Czochralski. After him are Brunó Ferenc Straub, Franz von Soxhlet, George Church, Otto Wichterle, Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, and Walther Kossel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Jean-Antoine Chaptal ranks 28. Before him are Paul Wranitzky, John Loudon McAdam, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, Karl Philipp Moritz, Heinrich von Bellegarde, and Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc. After him are Christian Frederik Hansen, John Trumbull, Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, Francesca Lebrun, Henry Raeburn, and Jan Śniadecki. Among people deceased in 1832, Jean-Antoine Chaptal ranks 29. Before him are Aleksander Orłowski, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, Manuel García, Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, Demetrios Ypsilantis, and Ghazi Muhammad. After him are Casimir Pierre Périer, John Leslie, Henri Cassini, Kaʻahumanu, Antonio Scarpa, and Karl Rudolphi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Antoine Chaptal ranks 3,291 out of 6,770. Before him are Patrick Demarchelier (1943), Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé (1599), François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers (1753), Joan, Countess of Toulouse (1220), Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778), and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762). After him are Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), Mark Meadows (1959), Nicolas Gombert (1495), Maurice Larrouy (1872), Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755), and Albert I, Count of Namur (1000).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Jean-Antoine Chaptal ranks 46. Before him are Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), Paul Héroult (1863), Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), Joseph Achille Le Bel (1847), Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816), and Nicolas Lemery (1645). After him are Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1757), Claudine Picardet (1735), Georges Urbain (1872), Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795), Louis Le Chatelier (1815), and Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès (1817).

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