1727 - 1803
Peter Woulfe (1727–1803) was an 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 30,630 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Woulfe is the 417th most popular chemist, the 154th most popular biography from Ireland and the 4th most popular Irish Chemist.
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Among chemists, Peter Woulfe ranks 417 out of 510. Before him are Fausto Elhuyar, Walter Noddack, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Jeremias Benjamin Richter, Kamala Sohonie, and Archibald Scott Couper. After him are Maclyn McCarty, Hans Goldschmidt, Phoebus Levene, Edward Charles Howard, Jacques-Louis Soret, and Nikolay Zinin.
1755 - 1833
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 411
1893 - 1960
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 412
1954 - Present
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 413
1762 - 1807
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 414
1912 - 1998
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 415
1831 - 1892
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 416
1727 - 1803
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 417
1911 - 2005
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 418
1861 - 1923
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 419
1869 - 1940
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 420
1774 - 1816
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 421
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 422
1812 - 1880
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 423
Among people born in 1727, Peter Woulfe ranks 23. Before him are Jean-André Deluc, James Wolfe, Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, 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 28. Before him are Samuel von Brukenthal, Gottfried van Swieten, Pōmare I, Jean-François de La Harpe, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, and Nicolas Baudin. After him are Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, Nikolay Lvov, François Marie Daudin, George Bass, and Peter Ascanius.
1727 - 1817
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 17
1727 - 1759
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 18
1727 - 1759
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 19
1727 - 1780
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 20
1727 - 1797
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 21
1727 - 1806
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 22
1727 - 1803
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 23
1727 - 1806
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 24
1727 - 1809
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 25
1727 - 1759
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 26
1727 - 1819
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 27
1727 - 1820
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 28
1721 - 1803
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 22
1733 - 1803
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 23
1742 - 1803
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 24
1739 - 1803
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 25
1716 - 1803
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 26
1754 - 1803
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 27
1727 - 1803
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 28
1761 - 1803
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 29
1719 - 1803
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 30
1753 - 1803
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 31
1776 - 1803
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 32
1771 - 1803
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 33
1723 - 1803
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 34
Among people born in Ireland, Peter Woulfe ranks 154 out of 460. Before him are Adomnán (624), Alicia Boole Stott (1860), Ninette de Valois (1898), Moya Brennan (1952), Edward Bransfield (1785), and Richard Montgomery (1738). After him are Edward Sabine (1788), Colm Meaney (1953), Herbert Brenon (1880), Stephen Roche (1959), Patrick Hillery (1923), and George Moore (1852).
624 - 704
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 148
1860 - 1940
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 149
1898 - 2001
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 150
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 151
1785 - 1852
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 152
1738 - 1775
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 153
1727 - 1803
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 154
1788 - 1883
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 155
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 156
1880 - 1958
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 157
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 158
1923 - 2008
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 159
1852 - 1933
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 160
Among chemists born in Ireland, Peter Woulfe ranks 4. Before him are Robert Boyle (1627), William C. Campbell (1930), and J. D. Bernal (1901). After him are Kathleen Lonsdale (1903).
1627 - 1691
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 1
1930 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 2
1901 - 1971
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 3
1727 - 1803
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 4
1903 - 1971
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5