CHEMIST

John George Children

1777 - 1852

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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 44,178 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John George Children is the 586th most popular chemist (down from 526th in 2019), the 5,868th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,868th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, John George Children ranks 586 out of 602. Before him are Bonnie Bassler, Percy Lavon Julian, Benjamin Silliman, Peter Jacob Hjelm, Yellapragada Subbarow, and Martyn Poliakoff. After him are Richard Lerner, Esther M. Conwell, Omar M. Yaghi, Ruth R. Benerito, Donald Howard Menzel, and Margaret Oakley Dayhoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, John George Children ranks 44. Before him are Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Antoine Risso, Carlos Anaya, William Martin Leake, Roger B. Taney, and Thomas Campbell. After him is Felix Grundy. Among people deceased in 1852, John George Children ranks 67. Before him are Christoph Gudermann, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Horatio Greenough, Frances Wright, Walter Forward, and Andrew Jackson Downing.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John George Children ranks 5,868 out of 8,785. Before him are Bruce Forsyth (1928), Simon Webbe (1978), Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954), Lilian Bond (1908), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), and Paula Malcomson (1970). After him are Bruce Halford (1931), David Gandy (1980), Oliver Knussen (1952), Joe Gilgun (1984), John Leckie (1949), and Jim Baxter (1939).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, John George Children ranks 73. Before him are Leslie Orgel (1927), Neil Bartlett (1932), John Mayow (1640), John Roebuck (1718), Henry Roscoe (1833), and Martyn Poliakoff (1947). After him are Carol V. Robinson (1956).

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