CHEMIST

Antoine Jérôme Balard

1802 - 1876

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Antoine Jérôme Balard (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan ʒeʁom balaʁ]; 30 September 1802 – 30 April 1876) was a French chemist and one of the discoverers of bromine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Jérôme Balard has received more than 67,929 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Jérôme Balard is the 236th most popular chemist (down from 179th in 2019), the 1,418th most popular biography from France (down from 1,192nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Chemist.

Antoine Jérôme Balard was a French botanist who is most famous for his work on the flora of Algeria. He was born in 1806 and died in 1887.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Antoine Jérôme Balard ranks 236 out of 602. Before him are Hideki Shirakawa, Leo Baekeland, Luis Federico Leloir, Charles J. Pedersen, Robert Bruce Merrifield, and Roger D. Kornberg. After him are Johan August Arfwedson, Henri Victor Regnault, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Mária Telkes, William Hyde Wollaston, and Elias James Corey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Antoine Jérôme Balard ranks 16. Before him are Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Charles Wheatstone, Germain Henri Hess, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Pavel Nakhimov, and Husein Gradaščević. After him are Harriet Martineau, Alcide d'Orbigny, Nikolaus Lenau, Hermann Goldschmidt, Ignacy Domeyko, and Charlotte Bonaparte. Among people deceased in 1876, Antoine Jérôme Balard ranks 17. Before him are Ildefons Cerdà, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Francesco Maria Piave, and Hristo Botev. After him are Ferenc Deák, František Palacký, Harriet Martineau, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, Wild Bill Hickok, and Juan Pablo Duarte.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Jérôme Balard ranks 1,418 out of 6,770. Before him are Geneviève Grad (1944), Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249), Henry I, Count of Champagne (1127), Ernest Meissonier (1815), Otto Meissner (1880), and Pierre André Latreille (1762). After him are Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894), Benedict of Aniane (750), Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724), Armand Peugeot (1849), Pierre Cambronne (1770), and Roland Topor (1938).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Antoine Jérôme Balard ranks 27. Before him are Nicolas Leblanc (1742), Louis Jacques Thénard (1777), Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), and Luis Federico Leloir (1906). After him are Bernard Courtois (1777), André-Louis Debierne (1874), Anselme Payen (1795), Antoine Baumé (1728), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), and Charles Friedel (1822).

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