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John George Children

1777 - 1852

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John George Children FRS FRSE FLS PRES (18 May 1777 – 1 January 1852 in Halstead, Kent) was a British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist. He was a friend of Sir Humphry Davy, who helped him secure a controversial appointment to a post in the British Museum. Along with Davy he built a large galvanic cell, assisted him in experiments and invented a method to extract silver from ore without the need for mercury. Children was also the founding president of the Royal Entomological Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John George Children is the 579th most popular chemist (up from 586th in 2019), the 5,362nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,868th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, John George Children ranks 579 out of 602. Before him are Martin Kamen, Jiří Drahoš, Ira Remsen, Gilbert Stork, Benjamin Silliman, and Rachel Fuller Brown. After him are Susan Solomon, Mary Engle Pennington, Martyn Poliakoff, Richard Zare, Ching Wan Tang, and Willis R. Whitney.

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Among people born in 1777, John George Children ranks 44. Before him are Carlos Anaya, Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, Roger B. Taney, William Martin Leake, and Thomas Campbell. After him is Felix Grundy. Among people deceased in 1852, John George Children ranks 65. Before him are Christoph Gudermann, Francisco Javier Echeverría, Álvares de Azevedo, Rose Philippine Duchesne, Frances Wright, and Walter Forward. After him are Andrew Jackson Downing, and Horatio Greenough.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John George Children ranks 5,364 out of 8,785. Before him are Octavia Hill (1838), Benjamin Mountfort (1825), Mia Goth (1993), James Larkin (1876), Tommy Gemmell (1943), and Caroline Norton (1808). After him are Constant Lambert (1905), Peter Cook (1937), Phyllis Logan (1956), Peter Hill-Wood (1936), A. Edward Sutherland (1895), and Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, John George Children ranks 73. Before him are Charles Blagden (1748), Neil Bartlett (1932), Robin Hill (1899), John Roebuck (1718), Leslie Orgel (1927), and Carol V. Robinson (1956). After him are Martyn Poliakoff (1947).

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