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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 60,869 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy is the 310th most popular chemist (up from 338th in 2019), the 2,136th most popular biography from France (up from 2,339th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 310 out of 509. Before him are Yuan T. Lee, Edwin G. Krebs, Alice Ball, J. D. Bernal, Viktor Meyer, and Charles Macintosh. After him are Richard R. Schrock, Victor Goldschmidt, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, William Prout, Frances Arnold, and François-Marie Raoult.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 19. Before him are Anthony of Saxony, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Natalia Alexeievna, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, and Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Quatremère de Quincy, Bertrand Barère, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, John Flaxman, and Gaspard de Prony. Among people deceased in 1809, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 9. Before him are Thomas Paine, Rama I, Nicolai Abildgaard, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, and Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle. After him are François Laurent d'Arlandes, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Matthew Boulton, Joseph-Marie Vien, Leopold Auenbrugger, and William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 2,136 out of 6,011. Before him are Leslie Caron (1931), Marie Elisabeth of France (1572), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Edgard Varèse (1883), Philippe Garrel (1948), and Guibert of Nogent (1055). After him are Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725), Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Jacques Audiard (1952), Henry II, Duke of Guise (1614), Jean Girault (1924), and Ivo of Chartres (1040).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ranks 31. Before him are Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Luis Federico Leloir (1906), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), Bernard Courtois (1777), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), and Antoine Baumé (1728). After him are François-Marie Raoult (1830), Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), Anselme Payen (1795), Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), and Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788).

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