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Peter Woulfe

1727 - 1803

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Peter Woulfe (1727–1803) was an Anglo-Irish chemist and mineralogist. He first had the idea that wolframite might contain a previously undiscovered element (tungsten). In 1771, Woulfe reported the formation of a yellow dye when indigo was treated with nitric acid. Later it was discovered by others that he had formed picric acid, which eventually was used as the first synthetic dye, an explosive and an antiseptic treatment for burns. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Woulfe is the 464th most popular chemist (up from 472nd in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 195th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Peter Woulfe ranks 464 out of 602. Before him are Nikolay Beketov, Walter Noddack, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Alfred Stock, Gerhard Schrader, and Antoine Bussy. After him are Myrtle Bachelder, Theodor Curtius, Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville, Anna Sundström, Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, and Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Peter Woulfe ranks 28. Before him are Horatio Gates, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, François-Hubert Drouais, Ivan Shuvalov, and Ignaz Schiffermüller. After him are Andrew Planche, Johann Gottfried Zinn, William Samuel Johnson, and William Ellery. Among people deceased in 1803, Peter Woulfe ranks 34. Before him are Jean-François de La Harpe, François Marie Daudin, Arthur Guinness, Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, and Nicolas Baudin. After him are Jean François de Saint-Lambert, George Bass, Georges-Louis Le Sage, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, Lemuel Francis Abbott, and Peter Ascanius.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Peter Woulfe ranks 174 out of 549. Before him are Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), Patrick Hillery (1923), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Edward Bruce (1275), Moya Brennan (1952), and Brian McFadden (1980). After him are Seán O'Casey (1880), Enda Kenny (1951), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Edna O'Brien (1930), Dorothea Jordan (1761), and Yvonne Farrell (1951).

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Among CHEMISTS In Ireland

Among chemists born in Ireland, Peter Woulfe ranks 5. Before him are Robert Boyle (1627), J. D. Bernal (1901), William C. Campbell (1930), and Kathleen Lonsdale (1903).

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