GEOLOGIST

Richard Kirwan

1733 - 1812

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Richard Kirwan, LL.D, FRS, FRSE MRIA (1 August 1733 – 22 June 1812) was an Irish geologist and chemist. He was one of the last supporters of the theory of phlogiston. Kirwan was active in the fields of chemistry, meteorology, and geology. He was widely known in his day, corresponding and meeting with Lavoisier, Black, Priestley, and Cavendish. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Kirwan is the 65th most popular geologist (down from 46th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 183rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Richard Kirwan ranks 65 out of 90. Before him are Hugo Benioff, Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Oskar Lenz, Pentti Eskola, Reginald Aldworth Daly, and Henry Clifton Sorby. After him are Rudolf Geiger, Charles Lapworth, M. King Hubbert, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Rinchen Barsbold, and Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1733, Richard Kirwan ranks 22. Before him are Maruyama Ōkyo, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Ismail III, Adam Naruszewicz, János Sajnovics, and Mikhail Kheraskov. After him are Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, and Philip Schuyler. Among people deceased in 1812, Richard Kirwan ranks 26. Before him are Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Charles Cameron, Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Joseph Woelfl, and Matvey Kazakov. After him are Isaac Brock, John Colter, and Joel Barlow.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Kirwan ranks 237 out of 549. Before him are Willoughby Hamilton (1864), Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909), Ray McAnally (1926), Garret FitzGerald (1926), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), and Hugh O'Flaherty (1898). After him are Michael William Balfe (1808), Henry Kellett (1806), George Salmon (1819), Michael McElhatton (1963), Lena Rice (1866), and Ronnie Drew (1934).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Ireland

Among geologists born in Ireland, Richard Kirwan ranks 2. Before him are Francis Beaufort (1774).

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