CHEMIST

Charles Blagden

1748 - 1820

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Sir Charles Brian Blagden FRS (17 April 1748 – 26 March 1820) was an English physician and chemist. He served as a medical officer in the Army (1776–1780) and later held the position of Secretary of the Royal Society (1784–1797). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Blagden has received more than 50,212 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Charles Blagden is the 480th most popular chemist (up from 502nd in 2019), the 3,293rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,048th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Charles Blagdens by language

Over the past year Charles Blagden has had the most page views in the with 5,130 views, followed by Russian (1,053), and German (1,002). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (39.54%), Welsh (35.27%), and Egyptian Arabic (30.41%)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Charles Blagden ranks 480 out of 602. Before him are Archibald Scott Couper, Jan Szczepanik, Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, Ludwig Knorr, Luis E. Miramontes, and Albert Kluyver. After him are David MacMillan, William Hallowes Miller, Alfred Stock, Christian Konrad Sprengel, Albert Eschenmoser, and Ludwig Mond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Charles Blagden ranks 27. Before him are John Playfair, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Martha Jefferson, Francesco Mario Pagano, Anne Seymour Damer, and Timur Shah Durrani. After him are John Marshall, Joseph Bramah, Asaf-ud-Daula, Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, and William Few. Among people deceased in 1820, Charles Blagden ranks 36. Before him are Antonín Vranický, Karl Ludwig Sand, Ivan Gudovich, Alexis Thérèse Petit, Louise Caroline of Hochberg, and Nicolaus Michael Oppel. After him are Stephen Decatur, Claudine Picardet, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Palisot de Beauvois, Levi Lincoln Sr., and William Wyatt Bibb.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Blagden ranks 3,293 out of 8,785. Before him are Graham Gouldman (1946), Carole Pateman (1940), Lydia Becker (1827), Henry Wood (1869), Jon Pertwee (1919), and Emil Voigt (1883). After him are Ajahn Brahm (1951), Tony Kaye (1952), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Roland Orzabal (1961), Gilbert Adair (1944), and Jack Sheppard (1702).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Charles Blagden ranks 61. Before him are John Walker (1781), Peter Atkins (1940), Morris Travers (1872), William Gregor (1761), William Nicholson (1753), and Archibald Scott Couper (1831). After him are David MacMillan (1968), William Hallowes Miller (1801), Edward Charles Howard (1774), Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), Robin Hill (1899), and Leslie Orgel (1927).

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