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William Crookes

1832 - 1919

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Sir William Crookes (; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube, which was made in 1875. This was a foundational discovery that eventually changed the whole of chemistry and physics. He is credited with discovering the element thallium, announced in 1861, with the help of spectroscopy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Crookes is the 121st most popular chemist (down from 83rd in 2019), the 454th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 384th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Chemist.

William Crookes was a British chemist and physicist who is most famous for his invention of the Crookes tube, which was the first cathode ray tube.

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Among chemists, William Crookes ranks 121 out of 602. Before him are Claude Louis Berthollet, Gilbert N. Lewis, Michael Levitt, Lars Onsager, Carl Ferdinand Cori, and Edward W. Morley. After him are George Porter, Richard Kuhn, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, S. P. L. Sørensen, George Andrew Olah, and William Lipscomb.

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Among people born in 1832, William Crookes ranks 13. Before him are Lewis Carroll, Nikolaus Otto, Gustave Doré, José Echegaray, Edward Burnett Tylor, and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. After him are Ivan Shishkin, Ármin Vámbéry, Horatio Alger, Andrew Dickson White, George, King of Saxony, and Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1919, William Crookes ranks 17. Before him are Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, Emiliano Zapata, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Georg von Hertling, Andrew Carnegie, and Carl Larsson. After him are Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Yakov Sverdlov, Ismail Qemali, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, L. Frank Baum, and Johannes Rydberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Crookes ranks 454 out of 8,785. Before him are Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), David Bradley (1942), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), James Jeans (1877), and Gregory Winter (1951). After him are Thomas Paine (1737), Hugh Grant (1960), George Porter (1920), Nigel Mansell (1953), Richard Cromwell (1626), and James Fox (1939).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, William Crookes ranks 18. Before him are Francis William Aston (1877), Norman Haworth (1883), Henry Hallett Dale (1875), Frederick Sanger (1918), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), and M. Stanley Whittingham (1941). After him are George Porter (1920), Harry Kroto (1939), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), John E. Walker (1941), and Derek Barton (1918).

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