1766 - 1844
John Dalton (; 5 or 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. He introduced the atomic theory into chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Dalton has received more than 3,899,198 page views. His biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). John Dalton is the 5th most popular chemist, the 34th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 45th in 2019) and the most popular British Chemist.
John Dalton is most famous for his atomic theory. He believed that all matter was made up of tiny particles called atoms. He also believed that atoms were indivisible and that they were not created or destroyed.
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Among chemists, John Dalton ranks 5 out of 509. Before him are Louis Pasteur, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev, and Antoine Lavoisier. After him are Robert Boyle, Irène Joliot-Curie, Amedeo Avogadro, Svante Arrhenius, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, and Fritz Haber.
1822 - 1895
HPI: 87.59
Rank: 1
1833 - 1896
HPI: 87.58
Rank: 2
1834 - 1907
HPI: 85.55
Rank: 3
1743 - 1794
HPI: 81.80
Rank: 4
1766 - 1844
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 5
1627 - 1691
HPI: 78.11
Rank: 6
1897 - 1956
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 7
1776 - 1856
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 8
1859 - 1927
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 9
721 - 815
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 10
1779 - 1848
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 11
1868 - 1934
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1766, John Dalton ranks 1. After him are Thomas Robert Malthus, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Germaine de Staël, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Nikolay Karamzin, Maine de Biran, Dominique Jean Larrey, Rodolphe Kreutzer, and Charlotte, Princess Royal. Among people deceased in 1844, John Dalton ranks 1. After him are Charles XIV John of Sweden, Joseph Bonaparte, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Joseph Smith, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ivan Krylov, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Ching Shih, and Charles Nodier.
1766 - 1844
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 1
1766 - 1834
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 2
1766 - 1858
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 3
1766 - 1817
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 4
1766 - 1847
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 5
1766 - 1822
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 6
1766 - 1803
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 7
1766 - 1826
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 8
1766 - 1824
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 9
1766 - 1842
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 10
1766 - 1831
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 11
1766 - 1828
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 12
1766 - 1844
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 1
1763 - 1844
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 2
1768 - 1844
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 3
1775 - 1844
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 4
1791 - 1844
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 5
1770 - 1844
HPI: 69.02
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1805 - 1844
HPI: 67.97
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1784 - 1844
HPI: 67.19
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1769 - 1844
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 9
1772 - 1844
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 10
1775 - 1844
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 11
1780 - 1844
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Dalton ranks 34 out of 7,765. Before him are Anne Boleyn (1501), John Maynard Keynes (1883), Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), Robert Hooke (1635), Lord Byron (1788), and Jane Austen (1775). After him are David Hume (1711), Mary II of England (1662), James Prescott Joule (1818), Thomas More (1478), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), and Anthony Hopkins (1937).
1501 - 1536
HPI: 81.86
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1883 - 1946
HPI: 81.58
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1542 - 1587
HPI: 81.53
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1635 - 1703
HPI: 81.43
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1788 - 1824
HPI: 81.31
Rank: 32
1775 - 1817
HPI: 81.26
Rank: 33
1766 - 1844
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 34
1711 - 1776
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 35
1662 - 1694
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 36
1818 - 1889
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 37
1478 - 1535
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 38
1859 - 1930
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 39
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 40
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, John Dalton ranks 1. After him are Humphry Davy (1778), William Ramsay (1852), Frederick Sanger (1918), Frederick Soddy (1877), William Crookes (1832), Francis William Aston (1877), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), Norman Haworth (1883), John Newlands (1837), Henry Hallett Dale (1875), and Robert Robinson (1886).
1766 - 1844
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 1
1778 - 1829
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 2
1852 - 1916
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 3
1918 - 2013
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 4
1877 - 1956
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 5
1832 - 1919
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 6
1877 - 1945
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 7
1861 - 1947
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 8
1883 - 1950
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 9
1837 - 1898
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 10
1875 - 1968
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 11
1886 - 1975
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 12