1838 - 1923
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, Edward W. Morley ranks 243 out of 509. Before 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.
1943 - 2020
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 237
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 238
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 239
1810 - 1878
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 240
1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 241
1818 - 1884
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 242
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 243
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 244
1890 - 1967
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 245
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 246
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 247
1891 - 1976
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 248
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 249
Among people born in 1838, Edward W. Morley ranks 22. Before 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 30. Before 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.
1838 - 1894
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 16
1838 - 1889
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 17
1838 - 1917
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 18
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 19
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 20
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 21
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 22
1838 - 1888
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 23
1838 - 1856
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 24
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 25
1838 - 1904
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 26
1838 - 1900
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 27
1838 - 1874
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 28
1857 - 1923
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 24
1850 - 1923
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 25
1903 - 1923
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 26
1892 - 1923
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 27
1865 - 1923
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 28
1849 - 1923
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 29
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 30
1869 - 1923
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 31
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 32
1862 - 1923
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 33
1845 - 1923
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 34
1859 - 1923
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 35
1849 - 1923
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 36
Among people born in United States, Edward W. Morley ranks 1,573 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,567
1961 - 2013
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,568
1873 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,569
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,570
1927 - 1999
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,571
1826 - 1900
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,572
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 1,573
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 1,574
1894 - 1937
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,575
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,576
1964 - 1995
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,577
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,578
1891 - 1942
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,579
Among chemists born in United States, Edward W. Morley ranks 50. Before 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).
1928 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 44
1941 - 2015
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 45
1919 - 2011
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 46
1931 - 2015
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 47
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 48
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 49
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 50
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 51
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 52
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 53
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 54
1925 - 1998
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 55
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 56