1825 - 1899
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 124,600 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Edward Frankland is the 297th most popular chemist (up from 304th in 2019), the 1,312th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,387th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Chemist.
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Among chemists, Edward Frankland ranks 297 out of 509. Before him are Rudolph A. Marcus, Leopold Gmelin, Martin Lowry, Aaron Klug, Ben Feringa, and Dudley R. Herschbach. After him are M. Stanley Whittingham, Smithson Tennant, Antoine Baumé, Carl Reichenbach, Akira Yoshino, and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr..
1923 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 291
1788 - 1853
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 292
1874 - 1936
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 293
1926 - 2018
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 294
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 295
1932 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 296
1825 - 1899
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 297
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 298
1761 - 1815
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 299
1728 - 1804
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 300
1788 - 1869
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 301
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 302
1915 - 1974
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 303
Among people born in 1825, Edward Frankland ranks 23. Before him are Henri Giffard, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Nubar Pasha, Henry Walter Bates, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, and Charles Frederick Worth. After him are Mór Jókai, George Phillips Bond, Hervé, Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Camilo Castelo Branco, and Práxedes Mateo Sagasta. Among people deceased in 1899, Edward Frankland ranks 19. Before him are Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Nubar Pasha, Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ludwig Büchner, and Othniel Charles Marsh. After him are Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Katsu Kaishū, Charles Friedel, Emilio Castelar, and Lars Fredrik Nilson.
1825 - 1882
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 17
1825 - 1895
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 18
1825 - 1899
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 19
1825 - 1892
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 20
1825 - 1864
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 21
1825 - 1895
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 22
1825 - 1899
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 23
1825 - 1904
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 24
1825 - 1865
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 25
1825 - 1892
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 26
1825 - 1864
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 27
1825 - 1890
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 28
1825 - 1903
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 29
1837 - 1899
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 13
1811 - 1899
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 14
1825 - 1899
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 15
1874 - 1899
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 16
1824 - 1899
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 17
1831 - 1899
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 18
1825 - 1899
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 19
1788 - 1899
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 20
1846 - 1899
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 21
1823 - 1899
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 22
1822 - 1899
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 23
1832 - 1899
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 24
1840 - 1899
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 25
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Frankland ranks 1,312 out of 7,765. Before him are Brenda Blethyn (1946), Steven Gerrard (1980), Ralph Richardson (1902), R. D. Laing (1927), Ted Hughes (1930), and Iain Glen (1961). After him are M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), Ruth Rendell (1930), Melita Norwood (1912), Jon Anderson (1944), and Bill Shankly (1913).
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 1,306
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 1,307
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 1,308
1927 - 1989
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 1,309
1930 - 1998
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 1,310
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,311
1825 - 1899
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,312
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,313
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,314
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 1,315
1912 - 2005
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 1,316
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 1,317
1913 - 1981
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 1,318
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Edward Frankland ranks 41. Before him are Thomas Graham (1805), Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), Fraser Stoddart (1942), William Henry (1774), Richard J. Roberts (1943), and Martin Lowry (1874). After him are M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), Smithson Tennant (1761), Charles Macintosh (1766), William Prout (1785), Charles Hatchett (1765), and Tim Hunt (1943).
1805 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 35
1921 - 1996
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 36
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 37
1774 - 1836
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 38
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 39
1874 - 1936
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 40
1825 - 1899
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 41
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 42
1761 - 1815
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 43
1766 - 1843
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 44
1785 - 1850
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 45
1765 - 1847
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 46
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 47