CHEMIST

Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy

1755 - 1809

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Antoine François Fourcroy (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan fʁɑ̃swa fuʁkʁwa]; 15 June 1755 – 16 December 1809) was a French chemist and a contemporary of Antoine Lavoisier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy has received more than 64,031 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy is the 335th most popular chemist (down from 310th in 2019), the 2,310th most popular biography from France (down from 2,129th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 335 out of 602. Before him are Jean Stas, Eilhard Mitscherlich, Édouard Herzen, Thomas C. Südhof, Fraser Stoddart, and Otto Wichterle. After him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, and Charles Macintosh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 21. Before him are Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, François Joseph Lefebvre, Natalia Alexeievna, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Bertrand Barère. After him are Quatremère de Quincy, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, John Flaxman, John Marshall, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, and Gaspard de Prony. Among people deceased in 1809, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 13. Before him are Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Joseph-Marie Vien, Matthew Boulton, and François Laurent d'Arlandes. After him are Leopold Auenbrugger, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Ueda Akinari, Augustin Pajou, Ludwig von Cobenzl, and Archduke Karl of Austria-Este.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 2,310 out of 6,770. Before him are Ginette Neveu (1919), Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), François Certain de Canrobert (1809), François Hotman (1524), and Félix Ziem (1821). After him are Natalia Pavlovna Paley (1905), François Faber (1887), Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125), Henri Duparc (1848), Catherine Breillat (1948), and René Louiche Desfontaines (1750).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 36. Before him are Anselme Payen (1795), Antoine Baumé (1728), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Charles Friedel (1822), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), and François-Marie Raoult (1830). After him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), Louis Camille Maillard (1878), Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816), Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), and Paul Héroult (1863).

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