CHEMIST
Alexander Butlerov
1828 - 1886
Alexander Butlerov
Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Бу́тлеров; 15 September 1828 – 17 August 1886) was a Russian chemist, one of the principal creators of the theory of chemical structure (1857–1861), the first to incorporate double bonds into structural formulas, the discoverer of hexamine (1859), the discoverer of formaldehyde (1859) and the discoverer of the formose reaction (1861). He first proposed the idea of possible tetrahedral arrangement of valence bonds in carbon compounds in 1862. The crater Butlerov on the Moon is named after him. In 1956 the Academy of Sciences of the USSR established the A. M. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Butlerov has received more than 70,062 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Alexander Butlerov is the 291st most popular chemist (down from 263rd in 2019), the 535th most popular biography from Russia (down from 500th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Chemist.
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Page Views (PV)
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
37
Languages Editions (L)
3.72
Effective Languages (L*)
4.24
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Alexander Butlerov ranks 291 out of 602. Before him are Thomas Midgley Jr., Rasmus Bartholin, John Pople, John Polanyi, Erwin Chargaff, and Ben Feringa. After him are Carl Gustaf Mosander, Richard R. Schrock, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, André-Louis Debierne, Anselme Payen, and Smithson Tennant.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsThomas Midgley Jr.
1889 - 1944
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 285
Rasmus Bartholin
1625 - 1698
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 286
John Pople
1925 - 2004
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 287
John Polanyi
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 288
Erwin Chargaff
1905 - 2002
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 289
Ben Feringa
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 290
Alexander Butlerov
1828 - 1886
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 291
Carl Gustaf Mosander
1797 - 1858
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 292
Richard R. Schrock
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 293
C. H. D. Buys Ballot
1817 - 1890
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 294
André-Louis Debierne
1874 - 1949
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 295
Anselme Payen
1795 - 1871
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 296
Smithson Tennant
1761 - 1815
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 297
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1828, Alexander Butlerov ranks 21. Before him are Albert of Saxony, John Langdon Down, Edmond François Valentin About, Paul Gachet, Joseph Swan, and Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia. After him are Iosif Gurko, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Friedrich Albert Lange, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Charles de Freycinet, and Dora d'Istria. Among people deceased in 1886, Alexander Butlerov ranks 13. Before him are John Deere, Amilcare Ponchielli, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Alexander Ostrovsky, Ilya Ulyanov, and Pierre-Jules Hetzel. After him are Lydia Koidula, Karl von Piloty, Marco Minghetti, Eliza Lynch, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, and Prince Louis, Count of Trani.
Others Born in 1828
Go to all RankingsAlbert of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1828 - 1902
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 15
John Langdon Down
PHYSICIAN
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 16
Edmond François Valentin About
WRITER
1828 - 1885
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 17
Paul Gachet
PHYSICIAN
1828 - 1909
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 18
Joseph Swan
PHYSICIST
1828 - 1914
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 19
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1828 - 1885
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 20
Alexander Butlerov
CHEMIST
1828 - 1886
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 21
Iosif Gurko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1828 - 1901
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 22
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
POLITICIAN
1828 - 1897
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 23
Friedrich Albert Lange
PHILOSOPHER
1828 - 1875
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 24
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1828 - 1875
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 25
Charles de Freycinet
POLITICIAN
1828 - 1923
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 26
Dora d'Istria
WRITER
1828 - 1888
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 27
Others Deceased in 1886
Go to all RankingsJohn Deere
INVENTOR
1804 - 1886
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 7
Amilcare Ponchielli
COMPOSER
1834 - 1886
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 8
Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich
BIOLOGIST
1806 - 1886
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 9
Alexander Ostrovsky
WRITER
1823 - 1886
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 10
Ilya Ulyanov
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1831 - 1886
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 11
Pierre-Jules Hetzel
POLITICIAN
1814 - 1886
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 12
Alexander Butlerov
CHEMIST
1828 - 1886
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 13
Lydia Koidula
WRITER
1843 - 1886
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 14
Karl von Piloty
PAINTER
1826 - 1886
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 15
Marco Minghetti
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1886
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 16
Eliza Lynch
POLITICIAN
1833 - 1886
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 17
Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1886
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 18
Prince Louis, Count of Trani
NOBLEMAN
1838 - 1886
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 19
In Russia
Among people born in Russia, Alexander Butlerov ranks 535 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (1869), Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866), Sergey Biryuzov (1904), Werner Ostendorff (1903), Alexander Schmorell (1917), and Andrei Karlov (1954). After him are Konstantin Makovsky (1839), Mikhail Mil (1909), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Igor Netto (1930), Tode Mongke (1282), and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906).
Others born in Russia
Go to all RankingsGrand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1869 - 1870
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 529
Dmitry Merezhkovsky
WRITER
1866 - 1941
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 530
Sergey Biryuzov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1904 - 1964
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 531
Werner Ostendorff
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1903 - 1945
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 532
Alexander Schmorell
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1917 - 1943
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 533
Andrei Karlov
POLITICIAN
1954 - 2016
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 534
Alexander Butlerov
CHEMIST
1828 - 1886
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 535
Konstantin Makovsky
PAINTER
1839 - 1915
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 536
Mikhail Mil
ENGINEER
1909 - 1970
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 537
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
ACTOR
1928 - 2009
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 538
Igor Netto
SOCCER PLAYER
1930 - 1999
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 539
Tode Mongke
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1282 - 1287
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 540
Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev
ENGINEER
1906 - 1989
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 541
Among CHEMISTS In Russia
Among chemists born in Russia, Alexander Butlerov ranks 10. Before him are Ilya Prigogine (1917), Valery Legasov (1936), Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899), Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863), Nikolay Semyonov (1896), and Vladimir Markovnikov (1838). After him are Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (1841), Julia Lermontova (1847), Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1838), Constantin Fahlberg (1850), Vera Yevstafievna Popova (1867), and Nikolay Beketov (1827).
Ilya Prigogine
1917 - 2003
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 4
Valery Legasov
1936 - 1988
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 5
Fritz Albert Lipmann
1899 - 1986
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 6
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
1863 - 1944
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 7
Nikolay Semyonov
1896 - 1986
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 8
Vladimir Markovnikov
1838 - 1904
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 9
Alexander Butlerov
1828 - 1886
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 10
Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev
1841 - 1910
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 11
Julia Lermontova
1847 - 1919
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 12
Friedrich Konrad Beilstein
1838 - 1906
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 13
Constantin Fahlberg
1850 - 1910
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 14
Vera Yevstafievna Popova
1867 - 1896
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 15
Nikolay Beketov
1827 - 1911
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 16