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Pierre Joseph Pelletier

1788 - 1842

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Pierre-Joseph Pelletier (UK: , US: , French: [pjɛʁ ʒɔzɛf pɛltje]; 22 March 1788 – 19 July 1842) was a French chemist and pharmacist who did notable research on vegetable alkaloids, and was the co-discoverer with Joseph Bienaimé Caventou of quinine, caffeine, and strychnine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Joseph Pelletier has received more than 55,134 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Pierre Joseph Pelletier is the 329th most popular chemist (up from 331st in 2019), the 2,377th most popular biography from France (down from 2,274th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Pierre Joseph Pelletier ranks 329 out of 509Before him are Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Kristian Birkeland, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Tapputi, Alexandre Brongniart, and Fritz London. After him are Richard Abegg, Thomas Midgley Jr., Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, and Paul Héroult.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Pierre Joseph Pelletier ranks 26Before him are Leopold Gmelin, Carl Reichenbach, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, David d'Angers, Felice Romani, and Friedrich Rückert. After him are FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Carl Sigismund Kunth, and Mohammed bin Thani. Among people deceased in 1842, Pierre Joseph Pelletier ranks 20Before him are Charles Bell, Peter Fendi, José de Espronceda, Wojciech Żywny, Francisco Morazán, and Sándor Kőrösi Csoma. After him are Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Thomas Arnold, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, and Pierre Baillot.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Joseph Pelletier ranks 2,377 out of 6,011Before him are Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Jehan Alain (1911), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), Eugène Fromentin (1820), Elena Poniatowska (1932), and Jean Lefebvre (1919). After him are Yolanda of Courtenay (1197), Georges Lautner (1926), René Lesson (1794), Édouard Branly (1844), Odo de St Amand (1110), and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (1749).

Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Pierre Joseph Pelletier ranks 37Before him are Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), Anselme Payen (1795), Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816), and Alexandre Brongniart (1770). After him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), Paul Héroult (1863), Charles Friedel (1822), Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), Auguste Laurent (1807), and Louis Le Chatelier (1815).