CHEMIST

Michel Eugène Chevreul

1786 - 1889

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Michel Eugène Chevreul (31 August 1786 – 9 April 1889) was a French chemist whose work contributed to significant developments in science, medicine, and art. Chevreul's early work with animal fats revolutionized soap and candle manufacturing and led to his isolation of the heptadecanoic (margaric), stearic, and oleic fatty acids. In the process, Chevreul became the first scientist to define the concept of a chemical compound and the first to formally characterize the nature of organic compounds; he is consequently considered a founder of modern organic chemistry.In the medical field, Chevreul was first to demonstrate that diabetics excrete glucose in the urine and to isolate creatine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Eugène Chevreul has received more than 252,635 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Michel Eugène Chevreul is the 87th most popular chemist (down from 81st in 2019), the 661st most popular biography from France (up from 678th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Chemist.

Michel Eugène Chevreul was a French chemist and physicist. He is most famous for his work on the optical properties of color.

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.27

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Over the past year Michel Eugène Chevreul has had the most page views in the with 27,678 views, followed by French (17,310), and Spanish (8,200). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (51,650.00%), Macedonian (130.99%), and Latin (79.93%)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Michel Eugène Chevreul ranks 87 out of 602. Before him are Hans Adolf Krebs, Odd Hassel, William Crookes, Henry Hallett Dale, Johann Rudolf Glauber, and Artturi Ilmari Virtanen. After him are Richard Kuhn, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Paul Hermann Müller, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, and Vladimir Prelog.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Michel Eugène Chevreul ranks 8. Before him are Christian VIII of Denmark, John Vianney, Wilhelm Grimm, Marie Walewska, Ludwig I of Bavaria, and François Arago. After him are Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Davy Crockett, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, John Franklin, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, and Friedrich Kuhlau. Among people deceased in 1889, Michel Eugène Chevreul ranks 6. Before him are James Prescott Joule, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Antonio Meucci, Baroness Mary Vetsera, and Jefferson Davis. After him are Alexandre Cabanel, Luís I of Portugal, Mihai Eminescu, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Father Damien, and Wilkie Collins.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Eugène Chevreul ranks 661 out of 6,770. Before him are Simone Veil (1927), Paul Mauriat (1925), Marie Tussaud (1761), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), and Raoul Dufy (1877). After him are Aristide Maillol (1861), Hubert de Givenchy (1927), Georges Sorel (1847), Jean Nouvel (1945), Nicolas Fouquet (1615), and Édouard Lalo (1823).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Michel Eugène Chevreul ranks 13. Before him are Paul Sabatier (1854), Victor Grignard (1871), Jacques Monod (1910), Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), Joseph Black (1728), and Joseph Proust (1754). After him are Jean-Marie Lehn (1939), Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944), Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758), Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763), Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800), and Marcellin Berthelot (1827).

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