CHEMIST

Friedrich Accum

1769 - 1838

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Friedrich Christian Accum or Frederick Accum (29 March 1769 – 28 June 1838) was a German chemist, whose most important achievements included advances in the field of gas lighting, efforts to keep processed foods free from dangerous additives, and the promotion of interest in the science of chemistry to the general populace. From 1793 to 1821 Accum lived in London. Following an apprenticeship as an apothecary, he opened his own commercial laboratory enterprise. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Accum has received more than 66,569 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Accum is the 461st most popular chemist, the 4,166th most popular biography from Germany and the 82nd most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Friedrich Accum ranks 461 out of 602. Before him are Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville, Walther Kossel, Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Carl Remigius Fresenius, James Crafts, and Maclyn McCarty. After him are Takamine Jōkichi, Zdenko Hans Skraup, Isabella Karle, Johan Kjeldahl, James Smithson, and William Nicholson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1769, Friedrich Accum ranks 36. Before him are Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Marc Isambard Brunel, and Andreas Miaoulis. After him are Garlieb Merkel, George W. Campbell, Vasily Stasov, Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Johannes Baptista von Albertini, and Rose Philippine Duchesne. Among people deceased in 1838, Friedrich Accum ranks 31. Before him are Georges Mouton, William Clark, Maximilian von Montgelas, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Piet Retief, and Osceola. After him are Ignaz von Rudhart, Ludwig Abeille, Thomas Andrew Knight, Maria Cosway, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, and Paine Wingate.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Accum ranks 4,166 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Margarita of Baden (1932), Klaus Wunder (1950), Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1649), Ruth Leuwerik (1924), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), and Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854). After him are Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852), Martin Hoffmann (1955), Gustav Lange (1830), Heinrich Campendonk (1889), Jonas Kaufmann (1969), and Johann Karl Burckhardt (1773).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Friedrich Accum ranks 82. Before him are Carl Theodore Liebermann (1842), Felix Hoppe-Seyler (1825), Carl Graebe (1841), Benjamin List (1968), Walther Kossel (1888), and Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818). After him are Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834), Robert Havemann (1910), Ludwig Knorr (1859), Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750), Ludwig Mond (1839), and Alwin Mittasch (1869).

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