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Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran

1838 - 1912

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Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, also called François Lecoq de Boisbaudran (18 April 1838 – 28 May 1912), was a self-taught French chemist known for his discoveries of the chemical elements gallium, samarium and dysprosium. He developed methods for separation and purification of the rare earth elements and was one of the pioneers of the science of spectroscopy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran is the 168th most popular chemist (up from 228th in 2019), the 776th most popular biography from France (up from 1,371st in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Chemist.

Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran is most famous for his discovery of the element gallium in 1875.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran ranks 168 out of 602. Before him are Edmond H. Fischer, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Willard Libby, and John E. Walker. After him are Robert Bruce Merrifield, Derek Barton, Richard F. Heck, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Akira Suzuki, and William Standish Knowles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran ranks 13. Before him are Tobias Asser, Jan Matejko, Edward W. Morley, Franz Brentano, Luís I of Portugal, and Émile Loubet. After him are Ernest Solvay, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Léon Gambetta, Princess Louise of Prussia, Anton Mauve, and Arthur Auwers. Among people deceased in 1912, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran ranks 15. Before him are Jules Massenet, Bram Stoker, Edward Smith, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Karl May, and Jack Phillips. After him are Lawrence Alma-Tadema, W. T. Stead, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Johann Martin Schleyer, and Benjamin Guggenheim.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran ranks 776 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Renault (1877), Peter Waldo (1140), Dom Pérignon (1639), Armand Fallières (1841), Guntram (532), and Simon Vouet (1590). After him are Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Joanna of Bourbon (1338), Jacques Maritain (1882), René Clair (1898), Georges Dumézil (1898), and Bertrand du Guesclin (1320).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran ranks 17. Before him are Joseph Black (1728), Jacques Monod (1910), Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), Joseph Proust (1754), Jean-Marie Lehn (1939), and Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786). After him are Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758), Marcellin Berthelot (1827), Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763), Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800), and Louis Jacques Thénard (1777).

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