1733 - 1812
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 51,790 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Richard Kirwan is the 27th most popular geologist (up from 34th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 147th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Geologist.
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Among geologists, Richard Kirwan ranks 27 out of 59. Before him are John Tuzo Wilson, Jean-André Deluc, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Vladimir Obruchev, William Buckland, and Adam Sedgwick. After him are Harry Hammond Hess, Arthur Holmes, Albert Heim, Alexander von Keyserling, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, and Adolphe d'Archiac.
1908 - 1993
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 21
1727 - 1817
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 22
1750 - 1801
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 23
1863 - 1956
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 24
1784 - 1856
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 25
1785 - 1873
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 26
1733 - 1812
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 27
1906 - 1969
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 28
1890 - 1965
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 29
1849 - 1937
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 30
1815 - Present
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 31
1797 - 1873
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 32
1802 - 1868
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1733, Richard Kirwan ranks 12. Before him are Hubert Robert, Jean-Charles de Borda, Siraj ud-Daulah, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Gottfried van Swieten, and Daniel Solander. After him are Maruyama Ōkyo, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, Adam Naruszewicz, Philip Carteret, Mikhail Kheraskov, and Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter. Among people deceased in 1812, Richard Kirwan ranks 18. Before him are Hieronymus von Colloredo, Duke George of Oldenburg, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Isaac Titsingh, Christian Gottlob Heyne, and Claude François de Malet. After him are Hugo Kołłątaj, Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Charles Cameron, Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Joseph Woelfl, and Matvey Kazakov.
1733 - 1808
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 6
1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 7
1733 - 1757
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 8
1733 - 1796
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 9
1733 - 1803
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 10
1733 - 1782
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 11
1733 - 1812
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 12
1733 - 1795
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 13
1733 - 1811
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 14
1733 - 1796
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 15
1733 - 1796
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 16
1733 - 1807
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 17
1733 - 1806
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 18
1732 - 1812
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 12
1784 - 1812
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 13
1754 - 1812
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 14
1745 - 1812
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 15
1729 - 1812
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 16
1754 - 1812
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 17
1733 - 1812
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 18
1750 - 1812
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 19
1767 - 1812
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 20
1746 - 1812
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 21
1769 - 1812
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 22
1773 - 1812
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 23
1738 - 1812
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 24
Among people born in Ireland, Richard Kirwan ranks 116 out of 501. Before him are Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), Jim Sheridan (1949), Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Daniel O'Connell (1775), and John Banville (1945). After him are Paddy Moloney (1938), James Barry (1795), Cornelius Ryan (1920), Liam Cunningham (1961), Peter Brown (1935), and John Millington Synge (1871).
1751 - 1816
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 110
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 111
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 112
1846 - 1891
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 113
1775 - 1847
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 114
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 115
1733 - 1812
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 116
1938 - 2021
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 117
1795 - 1865
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 118
1920 - 1974
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 119
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 120
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 121
1871 - 1909
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 122
Among geologists born in Ireland, Richard Kirwan ranks 2. Before him are Francis Beaufort (1774).