1773 - 1854
Arthur Aikin (19 May 1773 – 15 April 1854) was an English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer, and was a founding member of the Chemical Society (now the Royal Society of Chemistry). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Aikin has received more than 122,260 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Arthur Aikin is the 432nd most popular chemist (up from 448th in 2019), the 2,813th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,217th in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Chemist.
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Among chemists, Arthur Aikin ranks 432 out of 509. Before him are Fausto Elhuyar, Henri Laborit, Edward Charles Howard, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Johann Schweigger, and Jean Stas. After him are Walter Noddack, Oswald Schmiedeberg, Luis E. Miramontes, Archibald Scott Couper, Jacques-Louis Soret, and Michael Grätzel.
1755 - 1833
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 426
1914 - 1995
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 427
1774 - 1816
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 428
1861 - 1944
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 429
1779 - 1857
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 430
1813 - 1891
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 431
1773 - 1854
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 432
1893 - 1960
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 433
1838 - 1921
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 434
1925 - 2004
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 435
1831 - 1892
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 436
1827 - 1890
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 437
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 438
Among people born in 1773, Arthur Aikin ranks 36. Before him are Henrik Steffens, Giuseppe Acerbi, Yuri Lisyansky, Jacob Aall, Joseph de Villèle, and Agostino Bassi. After him are Frédéric Cuvier, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Johann Karl Burckhardt, Josef August Schultes, Mihály Csokonai, and Joseph Woelfl. Among people deceased in 1854, Arthur Aikin ranks 40. Before him are Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Joseph de Villèle, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Józef Chłopicki, and Anton Pann. After him are Frederick Catherwood, Karl Ludwig von Haller, José Joaquín Prieto, Carl Joseph Begas, Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau, and Carl Gustaf Mannerheim.
1773 - 1845
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 30
1773 - 1846
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 31
1773 - 1837
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 32
1773 - 1844
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 33
1773 - 1854
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 34
1773 - 1856
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 35
1773 - 1854
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 36
1773 - 1838
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 37
1773 - 1827
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 38
1773 - 1825
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 39
1773 - 1831
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 40
1773 - 1805
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 41
1773 - 1812
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 42
1776 - 1854
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 34
1757 - 1854
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 35
1773 - 1854
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 36
1782 - 1854
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 37
1771 - 1854
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 38
1796 - 1854
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 39
1773 - 1854
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 40
1799 - 1854
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 41
1768 - 1854
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 42
1786 - 1854
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 43
1794 - 1854
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 44
1793 - 1854
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 45
1797 - 1854
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 46
Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Aikin ranks 2,813 out of 7,765. Before him are George Gissing (1857), Geoffrey Howe (1926), Hubert Parry (1848), Brian Blessed (1936), Rosamund Clifford (1150), and Peter Banks (1947). After him are Henry de Bracton (1210), Philip Henry Gosse (1810), Galyani Vadhana (1923), Stanley Baker (1928), Richard Bright (1789), and Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964).
1857 - 1903
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 2,807
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 2,808
1848 - 1918
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,809
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,810
1150 - 1176
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,811
1947 - 2013
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,812
1773 - 1854
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,813
1210 - 1268
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,814
1810 - 1888
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 2,815
1923 - 2008
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 2,816
1928 - 1976
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 2,817
1789 - 1858
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 2,818
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 2,819
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Arthur Aikin ranks 59. Before him are Luke Howard (1772), William Nicholson (1753), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), John Walker (1781), Morris Travers (1872), and Edward Charles Howard (1774). After him are Archibald Scott Couper (1831), Frederick Abel (1827), Robin Hill (1899), William Hallowes Miller (1801), Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), and John Mayow (1640).
1772 - 1864
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 53
1753 - 1815
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 54
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 55
1781 - 1859
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 56
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 57
1774 - 1816
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 58
1773 - 1854
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 59
1831 - 1892
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 60
1827 - 1902
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 61
1899 - 1991
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 62
1801 - 1880
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 63
1893 - 1970
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 64
1640 - 1679
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 65