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Jean-Baptiste Boussingault

1801 - 1887

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Jean-Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault (2 February 1801 – 11 May 1887) was a French chemist who made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Boussingault is the 341st most popular chemist (down from 336th in 2019), the 2,120th most popular biography from France (up from 2,332nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault ranks 341 out of 602. Before him are Roderick MacKinnon, Nils Gabriel Sefström, Clemens Winkler, Kristian Birkeland, Erwin Chargaff, and Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. After him are Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Morten P. Meldal, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Carl Reichenbach, and Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault ranks 31. Before him are William H. Seward, Thomas Cole, Moritz von Jacobi, David Farragut, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, and Julius Plücker. After him are Justo José de Urquiza, Fredrika Bremer, Karl Baedeker, Johann Nestroy, Salvadore Cammarano, and Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart. Among people deceased in 1887, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault ranks 14. Before him are Jenny Lind, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Juan, Count of Montizón, Alfred Krupp, Jules Laforgue, and Friedrich von Amerling. After him are Doc Holliday, Agostino Depretis, William A. Wheeler, Moritz Wagner, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, and Paul Féval, père.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault ranks 2,120 out of 6,770. Before him are Léon Flameng (1877), Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800), Joseph Joubert (1754), John I, Duke of Alençon (1385), Marcel Schwob (1867), and Guillaume Dupuytren (1777). After him are Henri Cochet (1901), Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), Alan Stivell (1944), Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (1769), and Ravachol (1859).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault ranks 39. Before him are Alexandre Brongniart (1770), Anselme Payen (1795), Charles Friedel (1822), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Louis Camille Maillard (1878), and François-Marie Raoult (1830). After 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).

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