1872 - 1961
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 81,576 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Morris Travers is the 411th most popular chemist (down from 399th in 2019), the 2,517th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,462nd in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Chemist.
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Among chemists, Morris Travers ranks 411 out of 509. Before him are Joseph Achille Le Bel, John Walker, Phoebus Levene, Adolph Frank, Gaston Tissandier, and Asima Chatterjee. After him are Albert Niemann, Roderick MacKinnon, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Koichi Tanaka, and Kathleen Lonsdale.
1847 - 1930
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 405
1781 - 1859
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 406
1869 - 1940
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 407
1834 - 1916
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 408
1843 - 1899
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 409
1917 - 2006
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 410
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 411
1834 - 1861
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 412
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 413
1795 - 1877
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 414
1852 - 1903
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 415
1959 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 416
1903 - 1971
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 417
Among people born in 1872, Morris Travers ranks 97. Before him are Otto Witte, Georges Urbain, Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Elia Dalla Costa, Carl Gustaf Ekman, and August Nilsson. After him are Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Símun av Skarði, Henry Bataille, Kazimierz Bein, Lorenzo Perosi, and Georgios Tsitas. Among people deceased in 1961, Morris Travers ranks 90. Before him are Barry Fitzgerald, Grigory Levenfish, Elia Dalla Costa, Kjeld Abell, Yaşar Doğu, and Max Weber. After him are Hari Singh, Belinda Lee, Maurice Tourneur, Platt Adams, Giulio Cabianca, and Alexander Goldenweiser.
1872 - 1958
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 91
1872 - 1938
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 92
1872 - 1950
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 93
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 94
1872 - 1945
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 95
1872 - 1921
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 96
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 97
1872 - 1906
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 98
1872 - 1942
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 99
1872 - 1922
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 100
1872 - 1959
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 101
1872 - 1956
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 102
1872 - 1940
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 103
1888 - 1961
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 84
1889 - 1961
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 85
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 86
1901 - 1961
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 87
1913 - 1961
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 88
1881 - 1961
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 89
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 90
1895 - 1961
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 91
1935 - 1961
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 92
1876 - 1961
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 93
1885 - 1961
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 94
1923 - 1961
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 95
1875 - 1961
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 96
Among people born in United Kingdom, Morris Travers ranks 2,517 out of 7,765. Before him are Veronica Cartwright (1949), Richard Swinburne (1934), Austin Osman Spare (1886), Nick Kamen (1962), Jodie Whittaker (1982), and Penelope Fitzgerald (1916). After him are James Herbert Brennan (1940), Una Stubbs (1937), Arnold Bax (1883), John Tavener (1944), Jackie Oliver (1942), and Mel Collins (1947).
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 2,511
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 2,512
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 2,513
1962 - 2021
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 2,514
1982 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 2,515
1916 - 2000
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 2,516
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 2,517
1940 - 2024
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 2,518
1937 - 2021
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 2,519
1883 - 1953
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 2,520
1944 - 2013
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 2,521
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 2,522
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 2,523
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Morris Travers ranks 57. Before him are Peter Atkins (1940), William Gregor (1761), Luke Howard (1772), William Nicholson (1753), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), and John Walker (1781). After him are Edward Charles Howard (1774), Arthur Aikin (1773), Archibald Scott Couper (1831), Frederick Abel (1827), Robin Hill (1899), and William Hallowes Miller (1801).
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 51
1761 - 1817
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 52
1772 - 1864
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 53
1753 - 1815
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 54
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 55
1781 - 1859
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 56
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 57
1774 - 1816
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 58
1773 - 1854
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 59
1831 - 1892
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 60
1827 - 1902
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 61
1899 - 1991
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 62
1801 - 1880
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 63