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William Henry

1774 - 1836

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William Henry (12 December 1774 – 2 September 1836) was an English chemist. He was the son of Thomas Henry and was born in Manchester England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Henry has received more than 42,326 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). William Henry is the 276th most popular chemist (up from 277th in 2019), the 1,091st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,207th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Chemist.

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  • 58.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, William Henry ranks 276 out of 602. Before him are Wilfrid Voynich, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, Vladimir Markovnikov, Richard Abegg, William Henry Perkin, and Martin Rodbell. After him are Kamala Sohonie, Akira Yoshino, Robert H. Grubbs, Georg Brandt, Carl Auer von Welsbach, and Henry Taube.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, William Henry ranks 11. Before him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Gaspare Spontini, Francis Beaufort, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, and Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. After him are Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Charles Bell, Christian Leopold von Buch, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, and Robert Southey. Among people deceased in 1836, William Henry ranks 22. Before him are Anton Reicha, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Anthony of Saxony, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, and Aaron Burr. After him are James Bowie, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Carle Vernet, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Andrey Razumovsky, and Karel Hynek Mácha.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Henry ranks 1,091 out of 8,785. Before him are Honor Blackman (1925), Llywelyn the Great (1173), Ryan Giggs (1973), John Tenniel (1820), Don Airey (1948), and E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902). After him are Helen McCrory (1968), Seamus Heaney (1939), Joseph Swan (1828), Matilda of Scotland (1080), Ian Rush (1961), and Henry Walter Bates (1825).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, William Henry ranks 36. Before him are William Hyde Wollaston (1766), Thomas Graham (1805), Ida Noddack (1896), Michael Smith (1932), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), and William Henry Perkin (1838). After him are John Pople (1925), Smithson Tennant (1761), Martin Lowry (1874), William Prout (1785), Frederick Abel (1827), and Edward Frankland (1825).

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