Chemist

William Nicholson

1753 - 1815

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William Nicholson

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. William Nicholson is the 487th most popular chemist (down from 467th in 2024), the 3,385th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,120th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Chemist.

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Among Chemists

Among chemists, William Nicholson ranks 487 out of 602. Before him are Phoebus Levene, Masatoshi Shima, Christopher Kelk Ingold, Ivan Horbachevsky, Archibald Scott Couper, and Alwin Mittasch. After him are Allen J. Bard, Edward Charles Howard, Christian Konrad Sprengel, Moungi Bawendi, Alexander Nesmeyanov, and Elizabeth Roboz Einstein.

Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia

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Phoebus Levene
1869 - 1940
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 481
Masatoshi Shima
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 482
Christopher Kelk Ingold
1893 - 1970
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 483
Ivan Horbachevsky
1854 - 1942
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 484
Archibald Scott Couper
1831 - 1892
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 485
Alwin Mittasch
1869 - 1953
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 486
William Nicholson
1753 - 1815
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 487
Allen J. Bard
1933 - 2024
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 488
Edward Charles Howard
1774 - 1816
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 489
Christian Konrad Sprengel
1750 - 1816
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 490
Moungi Bawendi
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 491
Alexander Nesmeyanov
1899 - 1980
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 492
Elizabeth Roboz Einstein
1904 - 1995
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 493

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, William Nicholson ranks 35. Before him are Évariste de Parny, Edmund Randolph, Laurynas Gucevičius, Andrew Bell, Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, and Nicolas Dalayrac. After him are Thomas Bewick, Bartolina Sisa, John Soane, Dugald Stewart, Edward Pigott, and François Levaillant. Among people deceased in 1815, William Nicholson ranks 31. Before him are John Singleton Copley, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Francesco Bartolozzi, William Roxburgh, and Johann Peter Salomon. After him are Jakub Jan Ryba, Benjamin Smith Barton, George Montagu, Thomas Picton, and Peter the Aleut.

Others Born in 1753

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Évariste de Parny
WRITER
1753 - 1814
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 29
Edmund Randolph
POLITICIAN
1753 - 1813
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 30
Laurynas Gucevičius
ARCHITECT
1753 - 1798
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 31
Andrew Bell
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1753 - 1832
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 32
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1753 - 1810
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 33
Nicolas Dalayrac
COMPOSER
1753 - 1809
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 34
William Nicholson
CHEMIST
1753 - 1815
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 35
Thomas Bewick
PAINTER
1753 - 1828
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 36
Bartolina Sisa
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1753 - 1781
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 37
John Soane
ARCHITECT
1753 - 1837
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 38
Dugald Stewart
PHILOSOPHER
1753 - 1828
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 39
Edward Pigott
ASTRONOMER
1753 - 1825
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 40
François Levaillant
EXPLORER
1753 - 1824
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 41

Others Deceased in 1815

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John Singleton Copley
PAINTER
1738 - 1815
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 25
Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1766 - 1815
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 26
Carl Johan Adlercreutz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1759 - 1815
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 27
Francesco Bartolozzi
POLITICIAN
1725 - 1815
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 28
William Roxburgh
BIOLOGIST
1751 - 1815
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 29
Johann Peter Salomon
MUSICIAN
1745 - 1815
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 30
William Nicholson
CHEMIST
1753 - 1815
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 31
Jakub Jan Ryba
MUSICIAN
1765 - 1815
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 32
Benjamin Smith Barton
BIOLOGIST
1766 - 1815
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 33
George Montagu
BIOLOGIST
1751 - 1815
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 34
Thomas Picton
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1758 - 1815
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 35
Peter the Aleut
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1800 - 1815
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 36