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Anselme Payen

1795 - 1871

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Anselme Payen (French: [pa.jɛ̃]; 6 January 1795 – 12 May 1871) was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anselme Payen has received more than 92,429 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Anselme Payen is the 296th most popular chemist (up from 322nd in 2019), the 1,828th most popular biography from France (up from 2,211th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Anselme Payen ranks 296 out of 602. Before him are Ben Feringa, Alexander Butlerov, Carl Gustaf Mosander, Richard R. Schrock, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, and André-Louis Debierne. After him are Smithson Tennant, Michael Levitt, Antoine Baumé, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., Tapputi, and Martin Lowry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Anselme Payen ranks 20. Before him are John William Polidori, Gabriel Lamé, Saverio Mercadante, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Hadji Murad, and Johns Hopkins. After him are Heinrich Marschner, Vincent Pallotti, James Barry, Augustin Thierry, Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria, and Maria Schicklgruber. Among people deceased in 1871, Anselme Payen ranks 18. Before him are Wilhelm Weitling, Alexander Afanasyev, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Anna Atkins, Filippo Taglioni, and Jarosław Dąbrowski. After him are Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Charles Paul de Kock, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Moritz von Schwind, François-Joseph Fétis, and Pierre Leroux.

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In France

Among people born in France, Anselme Payen ranks 1,828 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe de Commines (1447), Yves Congar (1904), Jean Alesi (1964), Robert Brasillach (1909), Georg Muffat (1653), and Jean-François Marmontel (1723). After him are Vincent of Lérins (400), Philippe de Broca (1933), Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Charlotte Bonaparte (1802), and Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Anselme Payen ranks 30. Before him are Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), Luis Federico Leloir (1906), Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Bernard Courtois (1777), and André-Louis Debierne (1874). After him are Antoine Baumé (1728), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Charles Friedel (1822), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), François-Marie Raoult (1830), and Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755).

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