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Edward Frankland

1825 - 1899

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Sir Edward Frankland, (18 January 1825 – 9 August 1899) was an English chemist. He was one of the originators of organometallic chemistry and introduced the concept of combining power or valence. An expert in water quality and analysis, he was a member of the second royal commission on the pollution of rivers, and studied London's water quality for decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Frankland has received more than 133,455 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Frankland is the 317th most popular chemist (down from 297th in 2019), the 1,393rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,308th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Edward Frankland ranks 317 out of 602. Before him are J. D. Bernal, Alice Ball, William Prout, Torbern Bergman, Frederick Abel, and William E. Moerner. After him are M. Stanley Whittingham, Clemens Winkler, Louis E. Brus, Charles Friedel, Richard J. Roberts, and Sendivogius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Edward Frankland ranks 25. Before him are Sher Ali Khan, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Mór Jókai, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, George Phillips Bond, and Charles Frederick Worth. After him are Hervé, Camilo Castelo Branco, Iwakura Tomomi, Hans Gude, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, and Práxedes Mateo Sagasta. Among people deceased in 1899, Edward Frankland ranks 18. Before him are Giovanni Segantini, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Nubar Pasha, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Ludwig Büchner, and Othniel Charles Marsh. After him are Charles Friedel, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Katsu Kaishū, Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, and Guido Gezelle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Frankland ranks 1,393 out of 8,785. Before him are Hannah Chaplin (1865), Peter Mayhew (1944), Adrian Newey (1958), Vidal Sassoon (1928), Victor McLaglen (1886), and Pattie Boyd (1944). After him are Jimmy Greaves (1940), William Aiton (1731), Paul Gascoigne (1967), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), Wayne Rooney (1985), and Malcolm Lowry (1909).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Edward Frankland ranks 42. Before him are William Henry (1774), John Pople (1925), Smithson Tennant (1761), Martin Lowry (1874), William Prout (1785), and Frederick Abel (1827). After him are M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), Richard J. Roberts (1943), Fraser Stoddart (1942), Charles Macintosh (1766), Charles Hatchett (1765), and Alexander William Williamson (1824).

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