CHEMIST

John William Draper

1811 - 1882

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John William Draper (May 5, 1811 – January 4, 1882) was an English scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer. He is credited with pioneering portrait photography (1839–40) and producing the first detailed photograph of the moon in 1840. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John William Draper has received more than 234,779 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. John William Draper is the 403rd most popular chemist (down from 381st in 2019), the 2,263rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,203rd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, John William Draper ranks 403 out of 602Before him are Prafulla Chandra Ray, Luke Howard, Albert Niemann, Constantin Fahlberg, Agnes Pockels, and Otto Ambros. After him are Arthur Aikin, Fausto Elhuyar, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Jennifer Doudna, David Warren, and Louis-Sébastien Lenormand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, John William Draper ranks 44Before him are Émilie de Villeneuve, Joseph Cafasso, Georg August Wallin, Peter Julian Eymard, William Robert Grove, and Carl Johan Thyselius. After him are Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, J. C. Jacobsen, Sakuma Shōzan, Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Horace Greeley, and Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler. Among people deceased in 1882, John William Draper ranks 49Before him are Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, François-Auguste Biard, Auguste Barbier, Ferdinand Reich, Charles Blanc, and Joseph Decaisne. After him are Johann Benedict Listing, Đuro Daničić, Giovanni Lanza, Carl Robert Jakobson, Theodor Kullak, and Henry Cole.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John William Draper ranks 2,263 out of 8,785Before him are John Glen (1932), John Vanbrugh (1664), Margaret of England (1240), David Mumford (1937), Mark Rylance (1960), and Maud Watson (1864). After him are Gloria Holden (1903), Arthur Aikin (1773), Robert Harris (1957), Robert Broom (1866), Olivia Williams (1968), and Lulu (1948).

Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, John William Draper ranks 52Before him are Charles Macintosh (1766), Charles Hatchett (1765), Alexander William Williamson (1824), Tim Hunt (1943), Thomas Andrews (1813), and Luke Howard (1772). After him are Arthur Aikin (1773), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), John Walker (1781), Peter Atkins (1940), Morris Travers (1872), and William Gregor (1761).