1832 - 1919
Sir William Crookes (; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry in London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Crookes has received more than 417,242 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). William Crookes is the 41st most popular chemist (up from 48th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 334th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Chemist.
William Crookes was a British chemist and physicist who is most famous for his invention of the Crookes tube, which was the first cathode ray tube.
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Among chemists, William Crookes ranks 41 out of 510. Before him are August Kekulé, Frederick Soddy, Henrik Dam, Carl Bosch, Frederick Sanger, and Hans Adolf Krebs. After him are Robert Bunsen, Joseph Black, Jan Baptist van Helmont, Paul Sabatier, Victor Grignard, and Arthur Harden.
1829 - 1896
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 35
1877 - 1956
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 36
1895 - 1976
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 37
1874 - 1940
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 38
1918 - 2013
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 39
1900 - 1981
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 40
1832 - 1919
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 41
1811 - 1899
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 42
1728 - 1799
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 43
1580 - 1644
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 44
1854 - 1941
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 45
1871 - 1935
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 46
1865 - 1940
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 47
Among people born in 1832, William Crookes ranks 10. Before him are Nikolaus Otto, Wilhelm Wundt, Gustave Doré, Maximilian I of Mexico, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and Edward Burnett Tylor. After him are Louisa May Alcott, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Ivan Shishkin, José Echegaray, George, King of Saxony, and Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1919, William Crookes ranks 13. Before him are Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Emil Fischer, Andrew Carnegie, Ruggero Leoncavallo, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, and Gojong of Korea. After him are Carl Larsson, Madam C. J. Walker, Alfred Werner, Yakov Sverdlov, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, and Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria.
1832 - 1891
HPI: 81.22
Rank: 4
1832 - 1920
HPI: 81.02
Rank: 5
1832 - 1883
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 6
1832 - 1867
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 7
1832 - 1910
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 8
1832 - 1917
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 9
1832 - 1919
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 10
1832 - 1888
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 11
1832 - 1901
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 12
1832 - 1898
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 13
1832 - 1916
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 14
1832 - 1904
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 15
1832 - 1909
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 16
1857 - 1919
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 7
1852 - 1919
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 8
1835 - 1919
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 9
1857 - 1919
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 10
1842 - 1919
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 11
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 12
1832 - 1919
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 13
1853 - 1919
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 14
1867 - 1919
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 15
1866 - 1919
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 16
1885 - 1919
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 17
1860 - 1919
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 18
1842 - 1919
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 19
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Crookes ranks 338 out of 6,924. Before him are Marianne Faithfull (1946), C. F. Powell (1903), Malcolm McDowell (1943), Enid Blyton (1897), Randal Cremer (1828), and Charles Lyell (1797). After him are Millvina Dean (1912), Rod Stewart (1945), Ian McShane (1942), Arthur Eddington (1882), Harold Pinter (1930), and Thomas Paine (1737).
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 332
1903 - 1969
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 333
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 334
1897 - 1968
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 335
1828 - 1908
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 336
1797 - 1875
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 337
1832 - 1919
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 338
1912 - 2009
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 339
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 340
1942 - Present
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 341
1882 - 1944
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 342
1930 - 2008
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 343
1737 - 1809
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 344
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, William Crookes ranks 6. Before him are John Dalton (1766), Humphry Davy (1778), William Ramsay (1852), Frederick Soddy (1877), and Frederick Sanger (1918). After him are Arthur Harden (1865), Francis William Aston (1877), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), Norman Haworth (1883), Robert Robinson (1886), and Henry Hallett Dale (1875).
1766 - 1844
HPI: 84.54
Rank: 1
1778 - 1829
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 2
1852 - 1916
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 3
1877 - 1956
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 4
1918 - 2013
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 5
1832 - 1919
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 6
1865 - 1940
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 7
1877 - 1945
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 8
1861 - 1947
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 9
1883 - 1950
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 10
1886 - 1975
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 11
1875 - 1968
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 12