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William Gregor

1761 - 1817

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William Gregor (25 December 1761 – 11 June 1817) was a British clergyman and mineralogist who discovered the elemental metal Titanium. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Gregor is the 435th most popular chemist (down from 433rd in 2019), the 2,835th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,632nd in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, William Gregor ranks 435 out of 602. Before him are Christian Gmelin, Jacques-Louis Soret, Albert Niemann, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Hans Tropsch, and Louis Le Chatelier. After him are Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, Juan José Elhuyar, Henri Braconnot, Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, and Michael Grätzel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, William Gregor ranks 33. Before him are Jacob Hübner, Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, Pierre Gaveaux, and Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg. After him are Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Dorothea Jordan, Richard Anthony Salisbury, Albert Gallatin, Samuel Dexter, and Ludwig Abeille. Among people deceased in 1817, William Gregor ranks 33. Before him are Policarpa Salavarrieta, Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Joseph von Sonnenfels, and Jean-Sifrein Maury. After him are Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pattimura, Pál Kitaibel, Anna Maria Lenngren, Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, and Juan Meléndez Valdés.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Gregor ranks 2,836 out of 8,785. Before him are Harry Andrews (1911), John Osborne (1929), William Playfair (1759), Leo Genn (1905), Andrew Birkin (1945), and Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977). After him are Peter Thompson (1942), Richard Bremmer (1953), Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), John Glen (1932), Bob Anderson (1931), and Alan Lee (1947).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, William Gregor ranks 56. Before him are Charles Hatchett (1765), Morris Travers (1872), Arthur Aikin (1773), Luke Howard (1772), Henry Roscoe (1833), and John William Draper (1811). After him are Alexander William Williamson (1824), Peter Atkins (1940), John Mayow (1640), Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), Archibald Scott Couper (1831), and William Nicholson (1753).

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