CHEMIST
Tapputi
1200 BC - 1150 BC
Tapputi
Tapputi, also referred to as Tapputi-Belatekallim ("Belatekallim" refers to a female overseer of a palace), is one of the world's first recorded chemists, a perfume-maker mentioned in a cuneiform tablet dated around 1200 BC in Babylonian Mesopotamia. She used flowers, oil, and calamus along with cyperus, myrrh, and balsam. She added water or other solvents then distilled and filtered several times. This is also the oldest referenced still. Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tapputi is the 321st most popular chemist (down from 301st in 2019). (down from 957th in 2019)
Tapputi is famous for being the goddess of weaving. She is the daughter of the creator goddess Amma and the god of the earth, Enki.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Tapputi ranks 321 out of 602. Before her are Smithson Tennant, Aziz Sancar, Yuan T. Lee, Michael Smith, William Henry Perkin, and Dan Shechtman. After her are Alexander Butlerov, Charles Friedel, Roger Y. Tsien, Torbern Bergman, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, and Louis Camille Maillard.
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Smithson Tennant
1761 - 1815
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 315
Aziz Sancar
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 316
Yuan T. Lee
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 317
Michael Smith
1932 - 2000
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 318
William Henry Perkin
1838 - 1907
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 319
Dan Shechtman
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 320
Tapputi
1200 BC - 1150 BC
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 321
Alexander Butlerov
1828 - 1886
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 322
Charles Friedel
1822 - 1899
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 323
Roger Y. Tsien
1952 - 2016
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 324
Torbern Bergman
1735 - 1784
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 325
Théophile-Jules Pelouze
1807 - 1867
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 326
Louis Camille Maillard
1878 - 1936
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 327
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1200 BC, Tapputi ranks 11. Before her are Ramesses XI, Tiglath-Pileser I, Ramesses VIII, Smendes, Herihor, and Jizi. After her are Geng Ding, Di Yi, Wu Yi of Shang, Wen Ding, Enlil-nadin-apli, and Mutakkil-Nusku. Among people deceased in 1150 BC, Tapputi ranks 1.
Others Born in 1200 BC
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Ramesses XI
NOBLEMAN
1200 BC - 1077 BC
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 5
Tiglath-Pileser I
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1076 BC
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 6
Ramesses VIII
NOBLEMAN
1200 BC - 1129 BC
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 7
Smendes
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1052 BC
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 8
Herihor
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1081 BC
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 9
Jizi
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1100 BC
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 10
Tapputi
CHEMIST
1200 BC - 1150 BC
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 11
Geng Ding
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1199
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 12
Di Yi
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1076 BC
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 13
Wu Yi of Shang
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1195
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 14
Wen Ding
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1102 BC
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 15
Enlil-nadin-apli
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1200 BC
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 16
Mutakkil-Nusku
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1200 BC
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 17
