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William Henry Perkin

1838 - 1907

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Sir William Henry Perkin (12 March 1838 – 14 July 1907) was a British chemist and entrepreneur best known for his serendipitous discovery of the first commercial synthetic organic dye, mauveine, made from aniline. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Henry Perkin has received more than 1,222,421 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). William Henry Perkin is the 208th most popular chemist (down from 195th in 2019), the 911th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 941st in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Chemist.

Perkin is most famous for discovering the first synthetic dye, mauveine, in 1856.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, William Henry Perkin ranks 208 out of 509Before him are Peter D. Mitchell, Robert Curl, Giulio Natta, Ascanio Sobrero, Emil Erlenmeyer, and Johan August Arfwedson. After him are Locusta, Feodor Lynen, Alexander R. Todd, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Derek Barton, and Aziz Sancar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, William Henry Perkin ranks 21Before him are Princess Louise of Prussia, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Liliʻuokalani, Ōkuma Shigenobu, and Camille Jordan. After him are Edward W. Morley, Anton Mauve, 11th Dalai Lama, Arthur Auwers, Vladimir Markovnikov, and Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 1907, William Henry Perkin ranks 21Before him are Marcellin Berthelot, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Jean Casimir-Perier, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Kato Svanidze, and Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Ilia Chavchavadze, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Carola of Vasa, Henry Steel Olcott, Qiu Jin, and Léo Taxil.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Henry Perkin ranks 911 out of 7,765Before him are Joan Collins (1933), Natasha Richardson (1963), Brian Josephson (1940), Samuel Crompton (1753), H. H. Asquith (1852), and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806). After him are Dave Gahan (1962), Antony Hewish (1924), David I of Scotland (1084), John McLaughlin (1942), Dua Lipa (1995), and Jim Broadbent (1949).

Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, William Henry Perkin ranks 25Before him are Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), John Vane (1927), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), George Porter (1920), Archer Martin (1910), and Peter D. Mitchell (1920). After him are Alexander R. Todd (1907), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Derek Barton (1918), Michael Smith (1932), John Pople (1925), and Herbert C. Brown (1912).