CHEMIST

Edward Goodrich Acheson

1856 - 1931

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Edward Goodrich Acheson (March 9, 1856 – July 6, 1931) was an American chemist. Born in Washington, Pennsylvania, he was the inventor of the Acheson process, which is still used to make silicon carbide (carborundum). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Goodrich Acheson has received more than 78,328 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Edward Goodrich Acheson is the 520th most popular chemist (down from 487th in 2019), the 7,990th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,260th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Edward Goodrich Acheson ranks 520 out of 602. Before him are Marc Delafontaine, Sergey Lebedev, Rainer Ludwig Claisen, Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, Lev Chugaev, and Albert Ladenburg. After him are Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, Karen Wetterhahn, Alexey Favorsky, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, Eugen Baumann, and Robin Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Edward Goodrich Acheson ranks 112. Before him are Louis-Gustave Binger, Jens Christian Christensen, Helene von Druskowitz, Paul Henri Lecomte, Vernon Lee, and Belisario Porras Barahona. After him are Anton Aškerc, Friedrich Kluge, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Walther von Dyck, Karolina Widerström, and Keir Hardie. Among people deceased in 1931, Edward Goodrich Acheson ranks 131. Before him are Art Acord, Emilio Aceval, David Belasco, Cesare Burali-Forti, Alfred Maudslay, and Alfred Swahn. After him are Herbert Baddeley, Rolf Johnsson, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Luigi Galleani, Daniel Chester French, and John Monash.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Goodrich Acheson ranks 7,990 out of 20,380. Before him are Lane Smith (1936), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911), Frank Parker (1916), Robert Young (1907), David Thornton (1953), and Eliza Dushku (1980). After him are Clu Gulager (1928), Kristin Hannah (1960), Lindsay Davenport (1976), Danny Masterson (1976), George Abbott (1887), and Matthew Davis (1978).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Edward Goodrich Acheson ranks 88. Before him are James B. Conant (1893), Donella Meadows (1941), James Crafts (1839), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Isabella Karle (1921), and Michael Behe (1952). After him are Karen Wetterhahn (1948), Robert Jarvik (1946), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), Helen Murray Free (1923), and Bruce Alberts (1938).

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