1761 - 1817
William Gregor (25 December 1761 – 11 June 1817) was an English clergyman and mineralogist who discovered the elemental metal titanium. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Gregor has received more than 94,350 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William Gregor is the 391st most popular chemist (up from 395th in 2019), the 2,340th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,431st in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Chemist.
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Among chemists, William Gregor ranks 391 out of 509. Before him are Felix Hoppe-Seyler, David Warren, Benjamin List, Leo Sternbach, John Tukey, and Peter Atkins. After him are Luke Howard, Andrés Manuel del Río, Leonor Michaelis, Edward Calvin Kendall, Otto Ambros, and Nikolay Beketov.
1825 - 1895
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 385
1925 - 2010
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 386
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 387
1908 - 2005
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 388
1915 - 2000
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 389
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 390
1761 - 1817
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 391
1772 - 1864
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 392
1764 - 1849
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 393
1875 - 1949
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 394
1972 - 1972
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 395
1901 - 1990
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 396
1827 - 1911
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 397
Among people born in 1761, William Gregor ranks 24. Before him are Jean-Louis Pons, Marguerite Gérard, François Hanriot, Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Antonín Vranický. After him are Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, Pierre Gaveaux, Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal, Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, and John Moore. Among people deceased in 1817, William Gregor ranks 31. Before him are Ibrahim Bey, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, Andrea Appiani, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Policarpa Salavarrieta, and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours. After him are Jean-Sifrein Maury, Martín Javier Mina y Larrea, Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, Anna Maria Lenngren, Pál Kitaibel, and Juan Meléndez Valdés.
1761 - 1831
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 18
1761 - 1837
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 19
1761 - 1794
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 20
1761 - 1830
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 21
1761 - 1803
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 22
1761 - 1820
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 23
1761 - 1817
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 24
1761 - 1838
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 25
1761 - 1825
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 26
1761 - 1799
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 27
1761 - 1811
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 28
1761 - 1833
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 29
1761 - 1809
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 30
1735 - 1817
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 25
1740 - 1817
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 26
1754 - 1817
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 27
1732 - 1817
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 28
1795 - 1817
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 29
1739 - 1817
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 30
1761 - 1817
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 31
1746 - 1817
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 32
1789 - 1817
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 33
1729 - 1817
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 34
1754 - 1817
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 35
1757 - 1817
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 36
1754 - 1817
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 37
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Gregor ranks 2,340 out of 7,765. Before him are Roger Fry (1866), Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261), Richard Armitage (1971), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), Francis Crozier (1796), and Peter Atkins (1940). After him are Tony Cragg (1949), Arthur Holmes (1890), Snowy White (1948), Ian Hill (1952), Gordon Jackson (1923), and Jeremy Thorpe (1929).
1866 - 1934
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 2,334
1261 - 1283
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 2,335
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 2,336
1870 - 1948
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 2,337
1796 - 1848
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 2,338
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 2,339
1761 - 1817
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 2,340
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 2,341
1890 - 1965
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 2,342
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 2,343
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 2,344
1923 - 1990
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 2,345
1929 - 2014
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 2,346
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, William Gregor ranks 52. Before him are Charles Hatchett (1765), Tim Hunt (1943), Thomas Andrews (1813), Alexander William Williamson (1824), John William Draper (1811), and Peter Atkins (1940). After him are Luke Howard (1772), William Nicholson (1753), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), John Walker (1781), Morris Travers (1872), and Edward Charles Howard (1774).
1765 - 1847
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 46
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 47
1813 - 1885
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 48
1824 - 1904
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 49
1811 - 1882
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 50
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 51
1761 - 1817
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 52
1772 - 1864
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 53
1753 - 1815
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 54
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 55
1781 - 1859
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 56
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 57
1774 - 1816
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 58