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William Nicholson

1753 - 1815

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William Nicholson (13 December 1753 – 21 May 1815) was an English writer, translator, publisher, scientist, inventor, patent agent and civil engineer. He launched the first monthly scientific journal in Britain, Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts, in 1797, and remained its editor until 1814. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Nicholson has received more than 27,718 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William Nicholson is the 467th most popular chemist (down from 400th in 2019), the 3,121st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,416th in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Chemist.

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  • 19

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  • 4.53

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  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, William Nicholson ranks 467 out of 602. Before him are Friedrich Accum, Takamine Jōkichi, Zdenko Hans Skraup, Isabella Karle, Johan Kjeldahl, and James Smithson. After him are Phoebus Levene, Gerhard Schrader, Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, Pierre Adet, Peter Woulfe, and Robert Havemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, William Nicholson ranks 36. Before him are Nicolas Dalayrac, Andrew Bell, Edmund Randolph, Laurynas Gucevičius, Fyodor Alekseyev, and John Soane. After him are Thomas Bewick, Bartolina Sisa, Edward Pigott, François Levaillant, Nikolay Lvov, and Dugald Stewart. Among people deceased in 1815, William Nicholson ranks 27. Before him are Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Francesco Bartolozzi, John Singleton Copley, and Johann Peter Salomon. After him are Jakub Jan Ryba, William Roxburgh, Thomas Picton, George Montagu, Benjamin Smith Barton, and John Carroll.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Nicholson ranks 3,121 out of 8,785. Before him are Alec McCowen (1925), Don McCullin (1935), Edith Evans (1888), Henry Travers (1874), John Lennox (1943), and Everard Home (1756). After him are Anton Lesser (1952), William Froude (1810), Ben Barnes (1981), Alexander Bain (1810), Antonio Pappano (1959), and Rory McCann (1969).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, William Nicholson ranks 59. Before him are Arthur Aikin (1773), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), John Walker (1781), Peter Atkins (1940), Morris Travers (1872), and William Gregor (1761). After him are Archibald Scott Couper (1831), Charles Blagden (1748), David MacMillan (1968), William Hallowes Miller (1801), Edward Charles Howard (1774), and Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893).

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