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Louis Nicolas Vauquelin

1763 - 1829

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Louis Nicolas Vauquelin FRS(For) HFRSE (French pronunciation: [lwi nikɔla voklɛ̃]; 16 May 1763 – 14 November 1829) was a French pharmacist and chemist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Nicolas Vauquelin has received more than 118,359 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Louis Nicolas Vauquelin is the 141st most popular chemist (down from 133rd in 2019), the 948th most popular biography from France (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Chemist.

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin is most famous for the discovery of the element beryllium.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin ranks 141 out of 602. Before him are Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Glenn T. Seaborg, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Joachim Frank, Kurt Wüthrich, and Willard Libby. After him are Sune Bergström, John Newlands, Christian B. Anfinsen, James Dewar, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, and Jaroslav Heyrovský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin ranks 8. Before him are Charles XIV John of Sweden, Józef Poniatowski, Jacques Charles, Jean Paul, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, and Claude Chappe. After him are Augustin Robespierre, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Kobayashi Issa, Guillaume Brune, Xavier de Maistre, and Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden. Among people deceased in 1829, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin ranks 11. Before him are Thomas Young, Humphry Davy, Paul Barras, Maria Anna Mozart, Friedrich Schlegel, and François-Joseph Gossec. After him are Alexander Griboyedov, Adam Albert von Neipperg, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Mauro Giuliani, Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, and Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin ranks 948 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Perrin (1941), Philippe de Vitry (1291), Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (1401), Martin Bucer (1491), Jeanne Baret (1740), and Charles Maurras (1868). After him are Horace Vernet (1789), Paul Vidal de La Blache (1845), Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1709), Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011), Guillaume de Nogaret (1260), and Edme Mariotte (1620).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin ranks 17. Before him are Joseph Black (1728), Joseph Proust (1754), Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786), Jean-Marie Lehn (1939), Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944), and Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758). After him are Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800), Marcellin Berthelot (1827), Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850), Nicolas Leblanc (1742), Louis Jacques Thénard (1777), and Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817).

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