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William Henry

1774 - 1836

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William Henry (12 December 1774 – 2 September 1836) was an English chemist. He was the son of Thomas Henry and was born in Manchester England. He developed what is known today as Henry's Law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Henry is the 312th most popular chemist (down from 276th in 2019), the 1,361st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,092nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, William Henry ranks 312 out of 602. Before him are Kaoru Ishikawa, Kamala Sohonie, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Andreas Libavius, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, and Nicolas Théodore de Saussure. After him are Fritz London, Anselme Payen, Smithson Tennant, Aziz Sancar, Yuan T. Lee, and Michael Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, William Henry ranks 13. Before him are Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Gaspare Spontini, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, and Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge. After him are Christian Leopold von Buch, Charles Bell, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, André Marie Constant Duméril, and Matthew Flinders. Among people deceased in 1836, William Henry ranks 23. Before him are Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Anton Reicha, Davy Crockett, Aaron Burr, and James Mill. After him are Edward Turner Bennett, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Carle Vernet, James Bowie, William Elford Leach, and Karel Hynek Mácha.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Henry ranks 1,361 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Hollis (1955), Paul Grice (1913), Ciarán Hinds (1953), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Clive Owen (1964), and William Smith (1769). After him are W. Montgomery Watt (1909), Adam Sedgwick (1785), Samuel Wallis (1728), Thomas Lawrence (1769), Henry Royce (1863), and Mary Leakey (1913).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, William Henry ranks 40. Before him are John Pople (1925), Ida Noddack (1896), Fraser Stoddart (1942), Thomas Graham (1805), Richard J. Roberts (1943), and Thomas Andrews (1813). After him are Smithson Tennant (1761), Michael Smith (1932), William Henry Perkin (1838), Tim Hunt (1943), Frederick Abel (1827), and Martin Lowry (1874).

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