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Joseph Proust

1754 - 1826

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Joseph Louis Proust (26 September 1754 – 5 July 1826) was a French chemist. He was best known for his discovery of the law of definite proportions in 1797, stating that chemical compounds always combine in constant proportions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Proust is the 133rd most popular chemist (down from 69th in 2019), the 639th most popular biography from France (down from 588th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Chemist.

Joseph Proust is most famous for his work on the structure of memory. He was the first to propose that memories are not stored in one place, but are instead distributed throughout the brain.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Joseph Proust ranks 133 out of 602. Before him are William Lipscomb, Paul Berg, Christian B. Anfinsen, William E. Moerner, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Richard R. Ernst. After him are John Cornforth, Harold Urey, Wilfrid Voynich, Gerhard Ertl, Robert Burns Woodward, and Paul Flory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Joseph Proust ranks 5. Before him are Louis XVI of France, Paul I of Russia, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, and Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este. After him are Georg Forster, Seraphim of Sarov, Madame Roland, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Frederick I of Württemberg, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, and Antoine Destutt de Tracy. Among people deceased in 1826, Joseph Proust ranks 9. Before him are Carl Maria von Weber, Giuseppe Piazzi, Joseph von Fraunhofer, John VI of Portugal, Philippe Pinel, and René Laennec. After him are Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Stamford Raffles, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Nikolay Karamzin, and Frederica of Baden.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Proust ranks 639 out of 6,770. Before him are Queen Anne of Romania (1923), Christine of France (1606), Claude of France (1547), Stephen, Count of Blois (1045), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), and Ansgar (801). After him are Karl Brandt (1904), Margaret of Anjou (1430), Camille Flammarion (1842), Jacques MacDonald (1765), Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), and Sophie Marceau (1966).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Joseph Proust ranks 14. Before him are Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850), Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944), Paul Sabatier (1854), Joseph Black (1728), Jacques Monod (1910), and Claude Louis Berthollet (1748). After him are Jean-Marie Lehn (1939), Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758), Marcellin Berthelot (1827), and Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817).

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