1733 - 1804
Joseph Priestley (; 24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist. He published over 150 works, and conducted experiments in several areas of science. Priestley is credited with his independent discovery of oxygen by the thermal decomposition of mercuric oxide, having isolated it in 1774. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Priestley has received more than 1,893,317 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Joseph Priestley is the 106th most popular philosopher (up from 129th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 161st in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Philosopher.
Joseph Priestley is most famous for his discovery of oxygen.
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Among philosophers, Joseph Priestley ranks 106 out of 1,081. Before him are Ibn Taymiyyah, Theophrastus, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Henri de Saint-Simon, Jacques Derrida, and Aristippus. After him are Friedrich Fröbel, Philo, Pyrrho, Meister Eckhart, Charles Fourier, and Gilles Deleuze.
1263 - 1328
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 100
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 101
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
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1760 - 1825
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 103
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 104
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 105
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 106
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 107
15 BC - 45
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 108
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 109
1260 - 1328
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 110
1772 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 111
1925 - 1995
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 112
Among people born in 1733, Joseph Priestley ranks 1. After him are Magtymguly Pyragy, Christoph Martin Wieland, Victoire of France, Carsten Niebuhr, Hubert Robert, Jean-Charles de Borda, Siraj ud-Daulah, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Gottfried van Swieten, Daniel Solander, and Richard Kirwan. Among people deceased in 1804, Joseph Priestley ranks 2. Before him is Immanuel Kant. After him are Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, Jacques Necker, Alexander Hamilton, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Pierre Méchain, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Princess Carolina of Parma, Jean-Charles Pichegru, and Jazzar Pasha.
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
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1733 - 1807
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 2
1733 - 1813
HPI: 61.67
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1733 - 1799
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 4
1733 - 1815
HPI: 60.33
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1733 - 1808
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1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
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1733 - 1757
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 8
1733 - 1796
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 9
1733 - 1803
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 10
1733 - 1782
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 11
1733 - 1812
HPI: 52.05
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1724 - 1804
HPI: 90.76
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1733 - 1804
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1725 - 1804
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1732 - 1804
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1755 - 1804
HPI: 67.52
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1746 - 1804
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1744 - 1804
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1734 - 1804
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1772 - 1804
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1770 - 1804
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1761 - 1804
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1722 - 1804
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Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Priestley ranks 130 out of 7,765. Before him are Blackbeard (1680), Robert the Bruce (1274), William Gilbert (1544), Cary Grant (1904), Paul Dirac (1902), and Christopher Lee (1922). After him are Michael Caine (1933), Henry Purcell (1659), T. E. Lawrence (1888), Olav V of Norway (1903), George Boole (1815), and Æthelstan (895).
1680 - 1718
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1274 - 1329
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1544 - 1603
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1904 - 1986
HPI: 73.56
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1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.53
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1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 129
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 130
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 131
1659 - 1695
HPI: 73.25
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1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.17
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1903 - 1991
HPI: 73.07
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1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
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895 - 939
HPI: 73.02
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Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Joseph Priestley ranks 10. Before him are David Hume (1711), Thomas More (1478), Herbert Spencer (1820), William of Ockham (1285), Jeremy Bentham (1748), and Roger Bacon (1220). After him are John Venn (1834), Duns Scotus (1265), John Wycliffe (1324), Pelagius (360), Thomas Carlyle (1795), and William Godwin (1756).
1711 - 1776
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1478 - 1535
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1820 - 1903
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1285 - 1347
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1748 - 1832
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 8
1220 - 1292
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 9
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 10
1834 - 1923
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 11
1265 - 1308
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 12
1324 - 1384
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 13
360 - 420
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 14
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 15
1756 - 1836
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 16