1838 - 1912
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, also called François Lecoq de Boisbaudran (18 April 1838 – 28 May 1912), was a French chemist known for his discoveries of the chemical elements gallium, samarium and dysprosium. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran has received more than 68,621 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran is the 279th most popular chemist (down from 173rd in 2019), the 1,749th most popular biography from France (down from 1,256th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Chemist.
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran is most famous for his discovery of the element gallium in 1875.
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Among chemists, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran ranks 279 out of 509. Before him are Edmond H. Fischer, Fraser Stoddart, Thomas A. Steitz, Alexander Shulgin, William Henry, and Torbern Bergman. After him are Bernard Courtois, Richard J. Roberts, S. P. L. Sørensen, Ryōji Noyori, Hartmut Michel, and Georg Brandt.
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 273
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 274
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 275
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 276
1774 - 1836
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 277
1735 - 1784
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 278
1838 - 1912
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 279
1777 - 1838
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 280
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 281
1868 - 1939
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 282
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 283
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 284
1694 - 1768
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 285
Among people born in 1838, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran ranks 29. Before him are Anton Mauve, 11th Dalai Lama, Arthur Auwers, Vladimir Markovnikov, Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, and Marià Fortuny. After him are Prince Louis, Count of Trani, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Jules Brunet, Gustav von Schmoller, Ludwig Gumplowicz, and Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha. Among people deceased in 1912, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran ranks 36. Before him are Bolesław Prus, Jack Phillips, W. T. Stead, William Booth, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, and Ion Luca Caragiale. After him are Wallace Hartley, Nicholas of Japan, Mykola Lysenko, Isidor Straus, Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, and Voltairine de Cleyre.
1838 - 1888
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 23
1838 - 1856
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 24
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 25
1838 - 1904
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 26
1838 - 1900
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 27
1838 - 1874
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 28
1838 - 1912
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 29
1838 - 1886
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 30
1838 - 1862
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 31
1838 - 1911
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 32
1838 - 1917
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 33
1838 - 1909
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 34
1838 - 1892
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 35
1847 - 1912
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 30
1887 - 1912
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 31
1849 - 1912
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 32
1829 - 1912
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 33
1830 - 1912
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 34
1852 - 1912
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 35
1838 - 1912
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 36
1878 - 1912
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 37
1836 - 1912
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 38
1842 - 1912
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 39
1845 - 1912
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 40
1854 - 1912
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 41
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 42
Among people born in France, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran ranks 1,749 out of 6,011. Before him are Georges Canguilhem (1904), Robert Desnos (1900), Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785), Philippe Leroy (1930), Anne Desclos (1907), and Émile Coué (1857). After him are André Jolivet (1905), Jean Djorkaeff (1939), Anna de Noailles (1876), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), and Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800).
1904 - 1995
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,743
1900 - 1945
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,744
1785 - 1845
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 1,745
1930 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 1,746
1907 - 1998
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,747
1857 - 1926
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,748
1838 - 1912
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,749
1905 - 1974
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 1,750
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 1,751
1876 - 1933
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 1,752
1514 - 1570
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,753
1608 - 1657
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,754
1800 - 1856
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,755
Among chemists born in France, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran ranks 27. Before him are Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944), Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Louis Jacques Thénard (1777), Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), and Luis Federico Leloir (1906). After him are Bernard Courtois (1777), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Antoine Baumé (1728), Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755), François-Marie Raoult (1830), and Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820).
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 21
1802 - 1876
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 22
1777 - 1857
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 23
1817 - 1884
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 24
1698 - 1739
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 25
1906 - 1987
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 26
1838 - 1912
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 27
1777 - 1838
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 28
1807 - 1867
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 29
1728 - 1804
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 30
1755 - 1809
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 31
1830 - 1901
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 32
1820 - 1886
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 33