CHEMIST

Gaston Tissandier

1843 - 1899

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Gaston Tissandier (November 21, 1843 – August 30, 1899) was a French chemist, meteorologist, aviator, and editor. He founded and edited the scientific magazine La Nature and wrote several books. His brother was illustrator Albert Tissandier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston Tissandier has received more than 40,643 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gaston Tissandier is the 443rd most popular chemist (down from 409th in 2019), the 3,794th most popular biography from France (down from 3,317th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Gaston Tissandier ranks 443 out of 602. Before him are Heinrich Rose, Nikolay Zinin, Lars Fredrik Nilson, Juan José Elhuyar, Henri Laborit, and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou. After him are Henri Braconnot, Antoine Bussy, Myrtle Bachelder, Jacques-Louis Soret, James B. Conant, and Donella Meadows.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Gaston Tissandier ranks 70. Before him are Henri Regnault, Friedrich Robert Helmert, Peter Rosegger, Gertrude Jekyll, Ernest Mason Satow, and Louis Diémer. After him are Otto Kuntze, Paul Cambon, Fazlullah Nouri, Kristian Zahrtmann, Mark Antokolsky, and Frank James. Among people deceased in 1899, Gaston Tissandier ranks 51. Before him are Henry Becque, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, Juliusz Kossak, Adile Sultan, Lars Fredrik Nilson, and Ulises Heureaux. After him are James Paget, Wilhelm Jordan, Jovan Ristić, Max Lange, Emil Welti, and Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston Tissandier ranks 3,794 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674), André Gill (1840), Jean Richard (1921), Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795), Louis de Freycinet (1779), and Daniel Bensaïd (1946). After him are Jean Decoux (1884), Pierre Weiss (1865), Jacques Dupont (1928), Maurice Godelier (1934), Michèle Arnaud (1919), and Marcel Balsa (1909).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Gaston Tissandier ranks 53. Before him are Moungi Bawendi (1961), Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1757), Nicolas Lemery (1645), Georges Urbain (1872), Joseph Achille Le Bel (1847), and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795). After him are Henri Braconnot (1780), Antoine Bussy (1794), Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville (1720), Eugène-Anatole Demarçay (1852), James Smithson (1765), and Pierre Adet (1763).

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