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Peter Woulfe

1727 - 1803

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Peter Woulfe (1727–1803) was an Anglo-Irish chemist and mineralogist. He first had the idea that wolframite might contain a previously undiscovered element (tungsten). In 1771, Woulfe reported the formation of a yellow dye when indigo was treated with nitric acid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Woulfe has received more than 38,570 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Woulfe is the 441st most popular chemist (down from 417th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 154th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Peter Woulfe ranks 441 out of 509. Before him are Luis E. Miramontes, Archibald Scott Couper, Jacques-Louis Soret, Michael Grätzel, Ferdinand Reich, and Anna Sundström. After him are Alfred Stock, Johan Kjeldahl, Pierre Adet, Hans Tropsch, Frederick Abel, and Hugo Schiff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Peter Woulfe ranks 26. Before him are Philibert Commerson, James Wolfe, Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, Ivan Shuvalov, and Horatio Gates. After him are Ignaz Schiffermüller, Andrew Planche, Johann Gottfried Zinn, William Samuel Johnson, and William Ellery. Among people deceased in 1803, Peter Woulfe ranks 32. Before him are Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, Maria Fortunata d'Este, Anders Chydenius, Pōmare I, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi. After him are Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Georges-Louis Le Sage, George Bass, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, François Marie Daudin, and Nikolay Lvov.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Peter Woulfe ranks 164 out of 501. Before him are Adomnán (624), Tom Moore (1883), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Alan Cunningham (1887), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), and Alicia Boole Stott (1860). After him are Sean Kelly (1956), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Sinéad Cusack (1948), Edna O'Brien (1930), Ronnie Drew (1934), and Moya Brennan (1952).

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Among CHEMISTS In Ireland

Among chemists born in Ireland, Peter Woulfe ranks 5. Before him are Robert Boyle (1627), William C. Campbell (1930), J. D. Bernal (1901), and Kathleen Lonsdale (1903).

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