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Smithson Tennant

1761 - 1815

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Smithson Tennant FRS (30 November 1761 – 22 February 1815) was an English chemist. He is best known for his discovery of the elements iridium and osmium, which he found in the residues from the solution of platinum ores in 1803. He also contributed to the proof of the identity of diamond and charcoal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Smithson Tennant has received more than 89,830 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Smithson Tennant is the 297th most popular chemist (up from 299th in 2019), the 1,211th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,318th in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Chemist.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Smithson Tennant ranks 297 out of 602. Before him are Alexander Butlerov, Carl Gustaf Mosander, Richard R. Schrock, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, André-Louis Debierne, and Anselme Payen. After him are Michael Levitt, Antoine Baumé, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., Tapputi, Martin Lowry, and Leopold Gmelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Smithson Tennant ranks 14. Before him are August von Kotzebue, Philippe Buonarroti, Jean-Charles Pichegru, Sineperver Sultan, Louis-Léopold Boilly, and Antoine Barnave. After him are José, Prince of Brazil, Marie Harel, Marguerite Gérard, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, and François Hanriot. Among people deceased in 1815, Smithson Tennant ranks 13. Before him are Jan Potocki, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Carsten Niebuhr, Guillaume Brune, José María Morelos, and 9th Dalai Lama. After him are Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Ahmad al-Tijani, James Gillray, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Torii Kiyonaga, and Matthias Claudius.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Smithson Tennant ranks 1,211 out of 8,785. Before him are Spencer Perceval (1762), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), R. D. Laing (1927), Ray Stevenson (1964), Sister Nivedita (1867), and John Toshack (1949). After him are Robert Shaw (1927), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Alistair MacLean (1922), Ruth Rendell (1930), and Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Smithson Tennant ranks 38. Before him are Ida Noddack (1896), Michael Smith (1932), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), William Henry Perkin (1838), William Henry (1774), and John Pople (1925). After him are Martin Lowry (1874), William Prout (1785), Frederick Abel (1827), Edward Frankland (1825), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), and Richard J. Roberts (1943).

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