CHEMIST
John George Children
1777 - 1852
John George Children
John George Children FRS FRSE FLS PRES (18 May 1777 – 1 January 1852 in Halstead, Kent) was a British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist. He invented a method to extract silver from ore without the need for mercury. He was a friend of Sir Humphry Davy, who helped him secure a controversial appointment to a post in the British Museum. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John George Children has received more than 40,197 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John George Children is the 527th most popular chemist (down from 500th in 2019), the 4,880th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,674th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Chemist.
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40k
Page Views (PV)
41.15
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
3.80
Effective Languages (L*)
2.66
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, John George Children ranks 527 out of 509. Before him are Yellapragada Subbarow, F. Albert Cotton, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, Mary L. Good, Gilbert Stork, and Darleane C. Hoffman. After him are Anna J. Harrison, Karen Wetterhahn, Wallace Smith Broecker, Charles M. Lieber, Ida Freund, and Richard Zare.
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Yellapragada Subbarow
1895 - 1948
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 521
F. Albert Cotton
1930 - 2007
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 522
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff
1925 - 1983
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 523
Mary L. Good
1931 - 2019
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 524
Gilbert Stork
1921 - 2017
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 525
Darleane C. Hoffman
1926 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 526
John George Children
1777 - 1852
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 527
Anna J. Harrison
1912 - 1998
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 528
Karen Wetterhahn
1948 - 1997
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 529
Wallace Smith Broecker
1931 - 2019
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 530
Charles M. Lieber
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 531
Ida Freund
1863 - 1914
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 532
Richard Zare
1939 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 533
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1777, John George Children ranks 40. Before him are Marie Jules César Savigny, Carlos Anaya, Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Antoine Risso, Roger B. Taney, and Thomas Campbell. After him is Felix Grundy. Among people deceased in 1852, John George Children ranks 58. Before him are Charles Athanase Walckenaer, František Čelakovský, Francisco Javier Echeverría, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Álvares de Azevedo, and James Francis Stephens. After him are Frances Wright, Andrew Jackson Downing, Christoph Gudermann, and Walter Forward.
Others Born in 1777
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Marie Jules César Savigny
1777 - 1851
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 34
Carlos Anaya
1777 - 1862
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 35
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
1777 - 1850
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 36
Antoine Risso
1777 - 1845
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 37
Roger B. Taney
1777 - 1864
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 38
Thomas Campbell
1777 - 1844
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 39
John George Children
1777 - 1852
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 40
Felix Grundy
1777 - 1840
HPI: 35.05
Rank: 41
Others Deceased in 1852
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Charles Athanase Walckenaer
1771 - 1852
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 52
František Čelakovský
1799 - 1852
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 53
Francisco Javier Echeverría
1797 - 1852
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 54
Jacques Bernard Hombron
1798 - 1852
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 55
Álvares de Azevedo
1831 - 1852
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 56
James Francis Stephens
1792 - 1852
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 57
John George Children
1777 - 1852
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 58
Frances Wright
1795 - 1852
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 59
Andrew Jackson Downing
1815 - 1852
HPI: 40.61
Rank: 60
Christoph Gudermann
1798 - 1852
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 61
Walter Forward
1786 - 1852
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 62
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, John George Children ranks 4,880 out of 7,765. Before him are Bernard Cribbins (1928), John Connelly (1938), Emilia Fox (1974), Jack Butler Yeats (1871), David Cox (1783), and Fred Yates (1884). After him are William Dunbar (1460), Sydney Parkinson (1745), Kevin Macdonald (1967), Caroline Bliss (1961), Archibald Menzies (1754), and Joe Elliott (1959).
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Bernard Cribbins
1928 - 2022
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 4,874
John Connelly
1938 - 2012
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 4,875
Emilia Fox
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 4,876
Jack Butler Yeats
1871 - 1957
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 4,877
David Cox
1783 - 1859
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 4,878
Fred Yates
1884 - 1932
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 4,879
John George Children
1777 - 1852
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 4,880
William Dunbar
1460 - 1520
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 4,881
Sydney Parkinson
1745 - 1771
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 4,882
Kevin Macdonald
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 4,883
Caroline Bliss
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 4,884
Archibald Menzies
1754 - 1842
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 4,885
Joe Elliott
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 4,886
Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, John George Children ranks 69. Before him are William Hallowes Miller (1801), Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), John Mayow (1640), Neil Bartlett (1932), David MacMillan (1968), and Charles Blagden (1748). After him are Martyn Poliakoff (1947).
William Hallowes Miller
1801 - 1880
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 63
Christopher Kelk Ingold
1893 - 1970
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 64
John Mayow
1640 - 1679
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 65
Neil Bartlett
1932 - 2008
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 66
David MacMillan
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 67
Charles Blagden
1748 - 1820
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 68
John George Children
1777 - 1852
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 69
Martyn Poliakoff
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 70
