CHEMIST

Frederick Abel

1827 - 1902

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Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet (17 July 1827 – 6 September 1902) was an English chemist who was recognised as the leading British authority on explosives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Abel has received more than 82,491 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Frederick Abel is the 315th most popular chemist (up from 446th in 2019), the 1,368th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,004th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Chemist.

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  • 82k

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  • 57.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Frederick Abels by language

Over the past year Frederick Abel has had the most page views in the with 7,188 views, followed by Russian (1,614), and German (1,442). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Azerbaijani (188.81%), Greek (92.00%), and Egyptian Arabic (70.20%)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Frederick Abel ranks 315 out of 602. Before him are Thomas Cech, Alexander Shulgin, J. D. Bernal, Alice Ball, William Prout, and Torbern Bergman. After him are William E. Moerner, Edward Frankland, M. Stanley Whittingham, Clemens Winkler, Louis E. Brus, and Charles Friedel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Frederick Abel ranks 20. Before him are Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Mangal Pandey, Jyotirao Phule, John Hanning Speke, Oswald Achenbach, and Jules Breton. After him are Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Mihály Zichy, Henry Gray, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, and Lew Wallace. Among people deceased in 1902, Frederick Abel ranks 20. Before him are Henryk Siemiradzki, James Tissot, Victor D'Hondt, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, and Albert Bierstadt. After him are Masaoka Shiki, Charles Dow, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Adolf Kussmaul, and Jan Gotlib Bloch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Abel ranks 1,368 out of 8,785. Before him are Reginald Johnston (1874), Donovan (1946), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), Cicely Saunders (1918), and Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810). After him are Hertha Ayrton (1854), Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), Mary de Bohun (1369), Rupert Everett (1959), Penda of Mercia (606), and Jack Hawkins (1910).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Frederick Abel ranks 41. Before him are William Henry Perkin (1838), William Henry (1774), John Pople (1925), Smithson Tennant (1761), Martin Lowry (1874), and William Prout (1785). After him are Edward Frankland (1825), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), Richard J. Roberts (1943), Fraser Stoddart (1942), Charles Macintosh (1766), and Charles Hatchett (1765).

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