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Fausto Elhuyar

1755 - 1833

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Fausto de Elhuyar (11 October 1755 – 6 February 1833) was a Spanish chemist, and the first to isolate tungsten with his brother Juan José Elhuyar in 1783. He was in charge, under a King of Spain commission, of organizing the School of Mines in México City and so was responsible for building the Palacio de Minería, a structure that would house the school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fausto Elhuyar has received more than 52,303 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Fausto Elhuyar is the 426th most popular chemist (down from 411th in 2019), the 1,141st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,048th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Fausto Elhuyar ranks 426 out of 509. Before him are Anders Jahan Retzius, Donella Meadows, Nils Gabriel Sefström, Nikolay Zinin, Isabella Karle, and Edmond Frémy. After him are Henri Laborit, Edward Charles Howard, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Johann Schweigger, Jean Stas, and Arthur Aikin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Fausto Elhuyar ranks 36. Before him are Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Stanisław Staszic, and Gilbert Stuart. After him are Sarah Siddons, Abol-Fath Khan Zand, Robert Kerr, Nathan Hale, Jacques Labillardière, and Jean Louis Marie Poiret. Among people deceased in 1833, Fausto Elhuyar ranks 28. Before him are Rahel Varnhagen, René Louiche Desfontaines, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, Banastre Tarleton, Nannette Streicher, and Johann Friedrich Meckel. After him are Ivan Martinov, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, Yagan, William Thompson, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, and Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Fausto Elhuyar ranks 1,141 out of 2,932. Before him are Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas (1859), Mario Casas (1986), Fernando Llorente (1985), Iñaki Urdangarin (1968), Marc Márquez (1993), and Pedro Páez (1564). After him are Antón Lamazares (1954), Lope de Rueda (1500), Adama Traoré (1996), Víctor Balaguer i Cirera (1824), Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824), and Jesús Navas (1985).

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Among CHEMISTS In Spain

Among chemists born in Spain, Fausto Elhuyar ranks 3. Before him are Mathieu Orfila (1787) and Andrés Manuel del Río (1764). After him are Juan José Elhuyar (1754).

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