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Henri Victor Regnault

1810 - 1878

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Henri Victor Regnault (21 July 1810 – 19 January 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases. He was an early thermodynamicist and was mentor to William Thomson in the late 1840s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Victor Regnault has received more than 96,503 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Henri Victor Regnault is the 240th most popular chemist (down from 201st in 2019), the 1,270th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,178th in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Chemist.

Henri Victor Regnault was a French painter who is most famous for his paintings of the Greek gods.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Henri Victor Regnault ranks 240 out of 509. Before him are Sidney Altman, Richard F. Heck, Nikolay Zelinsky, Mario J. Molina, Paul L. Modrich, and Joseph L. Goldstein. After him are Ida Noddack, Hermann Kolbe, Edward W. Morley, Donald J. Cram, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Vincent du Vigneaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Henri Victor Regnault ranks 19. Before him are Nikolay Pirogov, Otto Nicolai, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Ernst Kummer, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg. After him are Karl Richard Lepsius, Francesco Maria Piave, Fanny Elssler, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Constant Troyon, and Oliver Winchester. Among people deceased in 1878, Henri Victor Regnault ranks 20. Before him are Elias Magnus Fries, Angelo Secchi, Ōkubo Toshimichi, Antoine César Becquerel, Mercedes of Orléans, and Mariam Baouardy. After him are John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Carl von Rokitansky, Robert Stirling, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Carlo Blasis, and Władysław Tarnowski.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henri Victor Regnault ranks 1,270 out of 6,142. Before him are Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896), Bernt Notke (1435), Alexander von Kluck (1846), Herta Bothe (1921), and Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857). After him are Heinz Linge (1913), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), Samuel Scheidt (1587), George, Duke of Saxony (1471), and Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Henri Victor Regnault ranks 45. Before him are Gerhard Herzberg (1904), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Feodor Lynen (1911), Franz Karl Achard (1753), and Friedrich Sertürner (1783). After him are Hermann Kolbe (1818), John Polanyi (1929), Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), Hartmut Michel (1948), and Andreas Libavius (1555).

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