GEOLOGIST

Richard Kirwan

1733 - 1812

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Richard Kirwan, LL.D, FRS, FRSE MRIA (1 August 1733 – 22 June 1812) was an Irish geologist and chemist. He was one of the last supporters of the theory of phlogiston. Kirwan was active in the fields of chemistry, meteorology, and geology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Kirwan has received more than 55,613 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Richard Kirwan is the 46th most popular geologist (down from 27th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 115th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Richard Kirwan ranks 46 out of 90. Before him are Arthur Holmes, John Phillips, Alexander Karpinsky, Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Henryk Arctowski, and Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald. After him are Alfred Lacroix, Niles Eldredge, Luigi Palmieri, Gerard De Geer, Henry Clifton Sorby, and Ferdinand von Hochstetter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1733, Richard Kirwan ranks 19. Before him are Maruyama Ōkyo, George Read, Philip Carteret, Adam Naruszewicz, Johan Zoffany, and Ismail III. After him are Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Mikhail Kheraskov, János Sajnovics, Philip Schuyler, and Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney. Among people deceased in 1812, Richard Kirwan ranks 23. Before him are Franz Pforr, Hugo Kołłątaj, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Christian Gottlob Heyne, Charles Cameron, and Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. After him are Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Joseph Woelfl, Matvey Kazakov, John Colter, Joel Barlow, and Gunning Bedford Jr..

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Kirwan ranks 183 out of 549. Before him are Seán O'Casey (1880), Maeve Binchy (1939), William Trevor (1928), Colm Tóibín (1955), Luke Kelly (1940), and Jason O'Mara (1972). After him are Joshua Pim (1869), Richard Steele (1672), Tom Moore (1883), Shelley McNamara (1952), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), and Paul Kane (1810).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Ireland

Among geologists born in Ireland, Richard Kirwan ranks 2. Before him are Francis Beaufort (1774).

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