CHEMIST
Frederick G. Donnan
1870 - 1956
Frederick G. Donnan
Frederick George Donnan (6 September 1870 – 16 December 1956) was a Ceylonese-born British chemist who is known for the Gibbs–Donnan effect describing ionic transport in cells. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick G. Donnan has received more than 42,131 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Frederick G. Donnan is the 547th most popular chemist (down from 499th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Sri Lankan Chemist.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Frederick G. Donnan ranks 547 out of 602. Before him are Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, Helen Murray Free, Nikolai Menshutkin, Hieronymous Theodor Richter, Jürgen Hennig, and Henry Eyring. After him are John Roebuck, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Bruce Alberts, Martin Kamen, J. L. B. Smith, and Florence B. Seibert.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsKarl Friedrich August Rammelsberg
1813 - 1899
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 541
Helen Murray Free
1923 - 2021
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 542
Nikolai Menshutkin
1842 - 1907
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 543
Hieronymous Theodor Richter
1824 - 1898
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 544
Jürgen Hennig
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 545
Henry Eyring
1901 - 1981
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 546
Frederick G. Donnan
1870 - 1956
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 547
John Roebuck
1718 - 1794
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 548
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 549
Bruce Alberts
1938 - Present
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 550
Martin Kamen
1913 - 2002
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 551
J. L. B. Smith
1897 - 1968
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 552
Florence B. Seibert
1897 - 1991
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 553
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1870, Frederick G. Donnan ranks 154. Before him are Maxfield Parrish, DeLisle Stewart, Julius Körner, Edwin Foster Coddington, Jacques Cariou, and James M. Cox. After him are Major Ritchie, Lilian Gibbs, Walter Chaffe, Hubert Gough, Antonín Slavíček, and Liberato Marcial Rojas. Among people deceased in 1956, Frederick G. Donnan ranks 198. Before him are Georg Brustad, Frithiof Mårtensson, Walter de la Mare, Gerrit Smith Miller, Werner Haas, and Marion Leonard. After him are Fernand Jourdant, Alice Greene, Elsie Janis, Norman Kerry, Hatı Çırpan, and Henry Stephenson.
Others Born in 1870
Go to all RankingsMaxfield Parrish
PAINTER
1870 - 1966
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 148
DeLisle Stewart
ASTRONOMER
1870 - 1941
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 149
Julius Körner
ATHLETE
1870 - 1954
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 150
Edwin Foster Coddington
ASTRONOMER
1870 - 1950
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 151
Jacques Cariou
ATHLETE
1870 - 1951
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 152
James M. Cox
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1957
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 153
Frederick G. Donnan
CHEMIST
1870 - 1956
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 154
Major Ritchie
TENNIS PLAYER
1870 - 1955
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 155
Lilian Gibbs
BIOLOGIST
1870 - 1925
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 156
Walter Chaffe
ATHLETE
1870 - 1918
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 157
Hubert Gough
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1870 - 1963
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 158
Antonín Slavíček
PAINTER
1870 - 1910
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 159
Liberato Marcial Rojas
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1922
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 160
Others Deceased in 1956
Go to all RankingsGeorg Brustad
GYMNAST
1892 - 1956
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 192
Frithiof Mårtensson
WRESTLER
1884 - 1956
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 193
Walter de la Mare
WRITER
1873 - 1956
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 194
Gerrit Smith Miller
BIOLOGIST
1869 - 1956
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 195
Werner Haas
RACING DRIVER
1927 - 1956
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 196
Marion Leonard
ACTOR
1881 - 1956
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 197
Frederick G. Donnan
CHEMIST
1870 - 1956
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 198
Fernand Jourdant
ATHLETE
1903 - 1956
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 199
Alice Greene
TENNIS PLAYER
1879 - 1956
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 200
Elsie Janis
ACTOR
1889 - 1956
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 201
Norman Kerry
ACTOR
1894 - 1956
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 202
Hatı Çırpan
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1956
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 203
Henry Stephenson
ACTOR
1871 - 1956
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 204
In Sri Lanka
Among people born in Sri Lanka, Frederick G. Donnan ranks 30 out of 51. Before him are Dinesh Gunawardena (1949), Malcolm Ranjith (1947), Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), Dudley Senanayake (1911), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), and Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916). After him are Thomas Cooray (1901), Duncan White (1918), Joyce Cooper (1909), John Kotelawala (1897), Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), and Bob Tisdall (1907).
Others born in Sri Lanka
Go to all RankingsDinesh Gunawardena
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 24
Malcolm Ranjith
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 25
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
POLITICIAN
1933 - 2016
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 26
Dudley Senanayake
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1973
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 27
D. M. Jayaratne
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2019
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 28
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2008
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 29
Frederick G. Donnan
CHEMIST
1870 - 1956
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 30
Thomas Cooray
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1901 - 1988
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 31
Duncan White
ATHLETE
1918 - 1998
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 32
Joyce Cooper
SWIMMER
1909 - 2002
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 33
John Kotelawala
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1980
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 34
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1810 - 1890
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 35
Bob Tisdall
ATHLETE
1907 - 2004
HPI: 40.02
Rank: 36
Among CHEMISTS In Sri Lanka
Among chemists born in Sri Lanka, Frederick G. Donnan ranks 1.