CHEMIST

Arthur Aikin

1773 - 1854

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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 121,771 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Arthur Aikin is the 404th most popular chemist (up from 432nd in 2019), the 2,265th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,806th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Arthur Aikins by language

Over the past year Arthur Aikin has had the most page views in the with 6,561 views, followed by Chinese (1,062), and Russian (985). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (979.17%), Chinese (139.73%), and Scottish Gaelic (21.91%)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Arthur Aikin ranks 404 out of 602. Before him are Luke Howard, Albert Niemann, Constantin Fahlberg, Agnes Pockels, Otto Ambros, and John William Draper. After him are Fausto Elhuyar, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Jennifer Doudna, David Warren, Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, and John Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Arthur Aikin ranks 38. Before him are Sally Hemings, Frédéric Cuvier, William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Henrik Steffens, Joseph de Villèle, and Lodewijk van Heiden. After him are Jacob Aall, Agostino Bassi, Johann Karl Burckhardt, Josef August Schultes, Thomas Horsfield, and François Fournier-Sarlovèze. Among people deceased in 1854, Arthur Aikin ranks 29. Before him are Émilie de Villeneuve, Silvio Pellico, Joseph de Villèle, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Abdullah Abdul Kadir, and Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud. After him are Simón Rodríguez, Maria Wirtemberska, Henriette Sontag, José Joaquín de Herrera, William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, and Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Aikin ranks 2,265 out of 8,785. Before him are Margaret of England (1240), David Mumford (1937), Mark Rylance (1960), Maud Watson (1864), John William Draper (1811), and Gloria Holden (1903). After him are Robert Harris (1957), Robert Broom (1866), Olivia Williams (1968), Lulu (1948), Nick Kamen (1962), and Nassau William Senior (1790).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Arthur Aikin ranks 53. Before him are Charles Hatchett (1765), Alexander William Williamson (1824), Tim Hunt (1943), Thomas Andrews (1813), Luke Howard (1772), and John William Draper (1811). After him are Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), John Walker (1781), Peter Atkins (1940), Morris Travers (1872), William Gregor (1761), and William Nicholson (1753).

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