1842 - 1911
Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (née Swallow; December 3, 1842 – March 30, 1911) was an American industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist, and university faculty member in the United States during the 19th century. Her pioneering work in sanitary engineering, and experimental research in domestic science, laid a foundation for the new science of home economics. She was the founder of the home economics movement characterized by the application of science to the home, and the first to apply chemistry to the study of nutrition.Richards graduated from Westford Academy (second oldest secondary school in Massachusetts) in 1862. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellen Swallow Richards has received more than 289,829 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ellen Swallow Richards is the 253rd most popular economist (down from 214th in 2019), the 4,789th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,033rd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Economist.
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Among economists, Ellen Swallow Richards ranks 253 out of 315. Before her are Olivier Blanchard, Tony Atkinson, Leo Huberman, Kenichi Ohmae, David Card, and Leszek Balcerowicz. After her are Wesley Clair Mitchell, Paul Sweezy, Grigory Yavlinsky, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Herman Daly, and Philippe Van Parijs.
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 247
1944 - 2017
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 248
1903 - 1968
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 249
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 250
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 251
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 252
1842 - 1911
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 253
1874 - 1948
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 254
1910 - 2004
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 255
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 256
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 257
1938 - 2022
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 258
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 259
Among people born in 1842, Ellen Swallow Richards ranks 66. Before her are Heinrich Martin Weber, Wilhelm Jordan, Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, Alessandro Fortis, Georg Friedrich Knapp, and Joseph Valentin Boussinesq. After her are Pyotr Durnovo, Erik Gustaf Boström, Antonio Fogazzaro, Berthold Delbrück, Christian Lundeberg, and Teoberto Maler. Among people deceased in 1911, Ellen Swallow Richards ranks 54. Before her are Konrad Duden, Ivan Grohar, Nikolay Beketov, Thomas Blake Glover, Gustaf Fröding, and Florentino Ameghino. After her are Grigoriy Myasoyedov, Carl Fredrik Hill, Quanah Parker, Alphonse Legros, Edwin Austin Abbey, and Antonio Fogazzaro.
1842 - 1913
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 60
1842 - 1899
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 61
1842 - 1923
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 62
1842 - 1909
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 63
1842 - 1926
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 64
1842 - 1929
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 65
1842 - 1911
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 66
1842 - 1915
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 67
1842 - 1907
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 68
1842 - 1911
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 69
1842 - 1922
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 70
1842 - 1911
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 71
1842 - 1917
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 72
1829 - 1911
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 48
1867 - 1911
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 49
1827 - 1911
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 50
1838 - 1911
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 51
1860 - 1911
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 52
1853 - 1911
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 53
1842 - 1911
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 54
1834 - 1911
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 55
1849 - 1911
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 56
1845 - 1911
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 57
1837 - 1911
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 58
1852 - 1911
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 59
1842 - 1911
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 60
Among people born in United States, Ellen Swallow Richards ranks 4,789 out of 18,182. Before her are Norma Talmadge (1894), Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Leo Frank (1884), Lee Falk (1911), Saul Zaentz (1921), and Frank James (1843). After her are Matthew Lillard (1970), Sean S. Cunningham (1941), Anne Revere (1903), Joel McCrea (1905), Grant Show (1962), and Gilbert Stuart (1755).
1894 - 1957
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 4,783
1771 - 1810
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 4,784
1884 - 1915
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 4,785
1911 - 1999
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4,786
1921 - 2014
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4,787
1843 - 1915
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4,788
1842 - 1911
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4,789
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4,790
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4,791
1903 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 4,792
1905 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 4,793
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,794
1755 - 1828
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,795
Among economists born in United States, Ellen Swallow Richards ranks 83. Before her are George Shultz (1920), Eric Maskin (1950), Greg Mankiw (1958), John R. Commons (1862), Edward Chamberlin (1899), and Leo Huberman (1903). After her are Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Paul Sweezy (1910), Arthur Laffer (1940), Gordon Tullock (1922), Deirdre McCloskey (1942), and Max O. Lorenz (1876).
1920 - 2021
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 77
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 78
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 79
1862 - 1945
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 80
1899 - 1967
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 81
1903 - 1968
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 82
1842 - 1911
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 83
1874 - 1948
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 84
1910 - 2004
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 85
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 86
1922 - 2014
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 87
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 88
1876 - 1959
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 89