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Mathieu Orfila

1787 - 1853

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Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (Catalan: Mateu Josep Bonaventura Orfila i Rotger) (24 April 1787 – 12 March 1853) was a Spanish toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mathieu Orfila has received more than 135,339 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Mathieu Orfila is the 389th most popular chemist (down from 371st in 2019), the 964th most popular biography from Spain (down from 902nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Mathieu Orfila ranks 389 out of 602. Before him are Tim Hunt, Jan Czochralski, Thomas Andrews, Allen J. Bard, Asima Chatterjee, and Hugo Schiff. After him are Albert Ghiorso, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Moungi Bawendi, Ferdinand Reich, and George Washington Carver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, Mathieu Orfila ranks 28. Before him are William Etty, James Weddell, Christian Ludwig Brehm, Konstantin Batyushkov, Pellegrino Rossi, and Prince William of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Alexander Alyabyev, Ninomiya Sontoku, Nils Gabriel Sefström, and Michele Carafa. Among people deceased in 1853, Mathieu Orfila ranks 30. Before him are Lionel Kieseritzky, Auguste Laurent, Princess Amalia of Sweden, Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, and Branko Radičević. After him are George Onslow, Hyacinth, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Sarah Goodridge.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Mathieu Orfila ranks 964 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco Ayala (1906), Guillermo Gorostiza (1909), María Blanchard (1881), Pablo Gargallo (1881), Kiti Mánver (1953), and Eduardo Dato (1856). After him are Iñaki Sáez (1943), Count Theodosius (310), Jorge Guillén (1893), Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), and Francesc Cambó (1876).

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Among CHEMISTS In Spain

Among chemists born in Spain, Mathieu Orfila ranks 2. Before him are Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820). After him are Fausto Elhuyar (1755), Andrés Manuel del Río (1764), and Juan José Elhuyar (1754).

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