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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 26,172 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. William Nicholson is the 400th most popular chemist (down from 359th in 2019), the 2,422nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,967th in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Chemist.

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  • 50.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, William Nicholson ranks 400 out of 509. Before him are Leonor Michaelis, Edward Calvin Kendall, Otto Ambros, Nikolay Beketov, Ernst Otto Beckmann, and Coenraad Johannes van Houten. After him are Georges Urbain, James Smithson, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Jeremias Benjamin Richter, Joseph Achille Le Bel, and John Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, William Nicholson ranks 25. Before him are Shaykh Ahmad, Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Ludwig von Cobenzl, Matvei Platov, and Princess Joséphine of Lorraine. After him are John Soane, Fyodor Alekseyev, Évariste de Parny, Edmund Randolph, Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, and Thomas Bewick. Among people deceased in 1815, William Nicholson ranks 24. Before him are Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Matthias Claudius, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Francesco Bartolozzi, and John Singleton Copley. After him are Benjamin Smith Barton, William Roxburgh, Thomas Picton, George Montagu, John Carroll, and Charles Lee.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Nicholson ranks 2,422 out of 7,765. Before him are Cynegils (575), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), John Madden (1949), Bill Ivy (1942), Blaze Bayley (1963), and Blanche of England (1392). After him are Patricia Routledge (1929), Josephine Tey (1896), James Whale (1889), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), and John Alcott (1930).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, William Nicholson ranks 54. Before him are Thomas Andrews (1813), Alexander William Williamson (1824), John William Draper (1811), Peter Atkins (1940), William Gregor (1761), and Luke Howard (1772). After him are Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), John Walker (1781), Morris Travers (1872), Edward Charles Howard (1774), Arthur Aikin (1773), and Archibald Scott Couper (1831).

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