CHEMIST

Morris Travers

1872 - 1961

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Morris William Travers, FRS (24 January 1872 – 25 August 1961) was an English chemist who worked with Sir William Ramsay in the discovery of xenon, neon and krypton. His work on several of the rare gases earned him the name Rare Gas Travers in scientific circles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morris Travers has received more than 86,793 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Morris Travers is the 429th most popular chemist (down from 411th in 2019), the 2,582nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,511th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Morris Travers ranks 429 out of 602. Before him are Peter Atkins, Eric Betzig, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Theodor Curtius, Nikolay Beketov, and Roy J. Plunkett. After him are Walter Noddack, Leonor Michaelis, Georges Urbain, William Gregor, Anders Jahan Retzius, and Joseph Achille Le Bel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Morris Travers ranks 108. Before him are Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Tōson Shimazaki, Jaan Teemant, Kazimierz Bein, Carl Gustaf Ekman, and Maude Adams. After him are Vilhelms Purvītis, Georges Urbain, Adolphe Grisel, Henry Bataille, Otto Witte, and Teffi. Among people deceased in 1961, Morris Travers ranks 103. Before him are Max Weber, Ben Adams, Maurice Tourneur, Govind Ballabh Pant, Leonhard Frank, and Mazo de la Roche. After him are Walter Bedell Smith, Kateryna Bilokur, Susanna M. Salter, Ruth Fischer, Joseph Orbeli, and Anselmo Alliegro y Milá.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Morris Travers ranks 2,582 out of 8,785. Before him are Patrick Gordon (1635), Tom Finney (1922), Paul Bernays (1888), Paul Nurse (1949), Jon Finch (1942), and Jack Greenwell (1884). After him are Douglas Bader (1910), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Gayatri Devi (1919), Ian McDonald (1946), Bob Anderson (1922), and Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Morris Travers ranks 57. Before him are Luke Howard (1772), John William Draper (1811), Arthur Aikin (1773), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), John Walker (1781), and Peter Atkins (1940). After him are William Gregor (1761), William Nicholson (1753), Archibald Scott Couper (1831), Charles Blagden (1748), David MacMillan (1968), and William Hallowes Miller (1801).

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