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Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt

1731 - 1799

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Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt (24 July 1731 – 17 October 1799) was a French chemist who synthesised the first organometalic compound. He obtained a red liquid by the reaction of potassium acetate with arsenic trioxide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt has received more than 26,476 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt is the 494th most popular chemist (down from 464th in 2019), the 4,393rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,970th in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt ranks 494 out of 602. Before him are Masatoshi Shima, Alwin Mittasch, Adolph Strecker, Heinrich Caro, C. N. R. Rao, and Christian Gmelin. After him are Hans Goldschmidt, Johannes Wislicenus, Edward Charles Howard, Oswald Schmiedeberg, Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, and Jacob Volhard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt ranks 19. Before him are Maria Fortunata d'Este, Dirk van der Aa, William Cowper, Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Charles Lee, and Victor Louis. After him are Benjamin Banneker, Catharine Macaulay, Johann August Ephraim Goeze, Samuel Huntington, and Robert Treat Paine. Among people deceased in 1799, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt ranks 36. Before him are Johann Julius Walbaum, William Curtis, Alexander Bezborodko, Francesco Mario Pagano, William Withering, and Vasily Bazhenov. After him are Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and William Paca.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt ranks 4,393 out of 6,770. Before him are Robert of Torigni (1100), Pierre Tchernia (1928), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Michel Leclère (1946), Dany Dauberson (1925), and Julie Depardieu (1973). After him are Alfred Aston (1912), Émile Souvestre (1806), Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778), Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard (1652), Émile Oustalet (1844), and Jeannie Longo (1958).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt ranks 61. Before him are Antoine Bussy (1794), Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville (1720), Eugène-Anatole Demarçay (1852), James Smithson (1765), Pierre Adet (1763), and Edmond Frémy (1814). After him are Claudine Picardet (1735), Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen (1814), and Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès (1817).

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