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Edward W. Morley

1838 - 1923

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Edward Williams Morley (January 29, 1838 – February 24, 1923) was an American scientist known for his precise and accurate measurement of the atomic weight of oxygen, and for the Michelson–Morley experiment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward W. Morley has received more than 108,418 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Edward W. Morley is the 243rd most popular chemist (down from 223rd in 2019), the 1,573rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,539th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Edward W. Morley ranks 243 out of 509Before him are Mario J. Molina, Paul L. Modrich, Joseph L. Goldstein, Henri Victor Regnault, Ida Noddack, and Hermann Kolbe. After him are Donald J. Cram, Jaroslav Heyrovský, Vincent du Vigneaud, John Polanyi, Michael Polanyi, and Johan Gottlieb Gahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Edward W. Morley ranks 22Before him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Liliʻuokalani, Ōkuma Shigenobu, Camille Jordan, and William Henry Perkin. After him are Anton Mauve, 11th Dalai Lama, Arthur Auwers, Vladimir Markovnikov, Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, and Marià Fortuny. Among people deceased in 1923, Edward W. Morley ranks 30Before him are Edward Emerson Barnard, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Raymond Radiguet, Edith Södergran, Ernst Troeltsch, and Max Nordau. After him are Hovhannes Tumanyan, Édouard Stephan, Maurice Barrès, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Théophile Steinlen, and Georg Luger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward W. Morley ranks 1,573 out of 18,182Before him are Diane Lane (1965), James Gandolfini (1961), Lee de Forest (1873), Joseph Nye (1937), George C. Scott (1927), and Frederic Edwin Church (1826). After him are Alonzo Church (1903), Bessie Smith (1894), Michael Madsen (1957), Eazy-E (1964), Donald J. Cram (1919), and Grant Wood (1891).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Edward W. Morley ranks 50Before him are Elias James Corey (1928), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), William Lipscomb (1919), Richard F. Heck (1931), Paul L. Modrich (1946), and Joseph L. Goldstein (1940). After him are Donald J. Cram (1919), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Karl Barry Sharpless (1941), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), Martin Rodbell (1925), and Richard Smalley (1943).