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Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran

1838 - 1912

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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

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In France

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).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

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).

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