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 who published over 150 works. Priestley is credited with his independent discovery of oxygen by the thermal decomposition of mercuric oxide, having isolated it in 1774. During his lifetime, Priestley's considerable scientific reputation rested on his invention of carbonated water, his writings on electricity, and his discovery of several "airs" (gases), the most famous being what Priestley dubbed "dephlogisticated air" (oxygen). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Priestley has received more than 1,531,645 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Joseph Priestley is the 129th most popular philosopher (up from 145th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 183rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Philosopher.
Joseph Priestley is most famous for his discovery of oxygen.
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Among philosophers, Joseph Priestley ranks 129 out of 1,089. Before him are Giambattista Vico, Marsilio Ficino, Oswald Spengler, Henri de Saint-Simon, Martin Buber, and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. After him are Herbert Marcuse, Ramon Llull, Al-Tabari, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Emanuel Swedenborg, and Leucippus.
1668 - 1744
HPI: 78.82
Rank: 123
1433 - 1499
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 124
1880 - 1936
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 125
1760 - 1825
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 126
1878 - 1965
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 127
1703 - 1792
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 128
1733 - 1804
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 129
1898 - 1979
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 130
1232 - 1316
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 131
839 - 923
HPI: 78.52
Rank: 132
1895 - 1986
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 133
1688 - 1772
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 134
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 135
Among people born in 1733, Joseph Priestley ranks 1. After him are Victoire of France, Christoph Martin Wieland, Magtymguly Pyragy, Carsten Niebuhr, Jean-Charles de Borda, Hubert Robert, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Siraj ud-Daulah, Daniel Solander, Philip Carteret, and Gottfried van Swieten. Among people deceased in 1804, Joseph Priestley ranks 2. Before him is Immanuel Kant. After him are Jacques Necker, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Alexander Hamilton, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Pierre Méchain, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Princess Carolina of Parma, and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.
1733 - 1804
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 1
1733 - 1799
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 2
1733 - 1813
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 3
1733 - 1807
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 4
1733 - 1815
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 5
1733 - 1799
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 6
1733 - 1808
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 7
1733 - 1796
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 8
1733 - 1757
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 9
1733 - 1782
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 10
1733 - 1796
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 11
1733 - 1803
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 12
1724 - 1804
HPI: 93.13
Rank: 1
1733 - 1804
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 2
1732 - 1804
HPI: 76.48
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1725 - 1804
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1746 - 1804
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1755 - 1804
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1734 - 1804
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1744 - 1804
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1748 - 1804
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1772 - 1804
HPI: 70.55
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1770 - 1804
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 11
1727 - 1804
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Priestley ranks 161 out of 6,924. Before him are Eric Clapton (1945), C. S. Lewis (1898), Rosalind Franklin (1920), Mark Knopfler (1949), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), and Humphry Davy (1778). After him are Mick Jagger (1943), Alfred Marshall (1842), William Gilbert (1544), Francis Crick (1916), Howard Carter (1874), and Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665).
1945 - Present
HPI: 78.75
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1898 - 1963
HPI: 78.73
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1920 - 1958
HPI: 78.69
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1949 - Present
HPI: 78.69
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1759 - 1797
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 159
1778 - 1829
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 160
1733 - 1804
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 161
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 162
1842 - 1924
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 163
1544 - 1603
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 164
1916 - 2004
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 165
1874 - 1939
HPI: 78.51
Rank: 166
1665 - 1714
HPI: 78.49
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Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Joseph Priestley ranks 12. Before him are Herbert Spencer (1820), William of Ockham (1285), Jeremy Bentham (1748), Roger Bacon (1220), John Wycliffe (1324), and Duns Scotus (1265). After him are Alcuin (735), John Venn (1834), Pelagius (360), William Godwin (1756), Thomas Carlyle (1795), and G. E. Moore (1873).
1820 - 1903
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1285 - 1347
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1748 - 1832
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1220 - 1292
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 9
1324 - 1384
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 10
1265 - 1308
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 11
1733 - 1804
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 12
735 - 804
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 13
1834 - 1923
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 14
360 - 420
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 15
1756 - 1836
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 16
1795 - 1881
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 17
1873 - 1958
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 18