CHEMIST

Luke Howard

1772 - 1864

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Luke Howard (28 November 1772 – 21 March 1864) was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luke Howard has received more than 201,503 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Luke Howard is the 398th most popular chemist (down from 392nd in 2019), the 2,238th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,347th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Chemist.

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  • 52.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Luke Howard ranks 398 out of 602. Before him are Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Moungi Bawendi, Ferdinand Reich, George Washington Carver, Coenraad Johannes van Houten, and Prafulla Chandra Ray. After him are Albert Niemann, Constantin Fahlberg, Agnes Pockels, Otto Ambros, John William Draper, and Arthur Aikin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Luke Howard ranks 29. Before him are Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, Solomon II of Imereti, Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Gerhard von Kügelgen, and Miguel Ricardo de Álava. After him are Friedrich Gilly, Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, Hồ Xuân Hương, Cristóbal Mendoza, and Martha Jefferson Randolph. Among people deceased in 1864, Luke Howard ranks 37. Before him are Henryk Dembiński, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, El Hadj Umar Tall, Robert Torrens, Alexandre Calame, and Pedro Santana. After him are Archduke Louis of Austria, Nassau William Senior, Imre Madách, George M. Dallas, Sakuma Shōzan, and Charles Julien Brianchon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Luke Howard ranks 2,238 out of 8,785. Before him are Michelle Fairley (1964), Bridget Riley (1931), George S. Robertson (1872), Phil Jones (1992), Andrew Moray (1265), and Siân Phillips (1933). After him are Arthur Hughes (1832), Robert Fisk (1946), B. C. Forbes (1880), Ethel Muckelt (1885), James Harrington (1611), and Mick Box (1947).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Luke Howard ranks 51. Before him are Fraser Stoddart (1942), Charles Macintosh (1766), Charles Hatchett (1765), Alexander William Williamson (1824), Tim Hunt (1943), and Thomas Andrews (1813). After him are John William Draper (1811), Arthur Aikin (1773), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), John Walker (1781), Peter Atkins (1940), and Morris Travers (1872).

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