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I don't think Newton is a chemist
I disagree. Newton spent many decades and wrote over a million words on the study of alchemy, the precursor to modern chemistry. -- Marmor 00:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't have a problem with Newton (or other natural philosophers) in the list. Newton was certainly an alchemist. I do question Lister and some other non-chemists that lived since the discipline of chemistry was clearly defined. Camarks 22:12, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Alchemy is not chemistry. What chemical discoveries is Newton responsible for? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.22.124.142 ( talk) 23:58, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
The article about Israel Shahak has very, very little to do about his life as a chemist and should be removed from this list. Grhs126student 19:10, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
The above comment from back in January talks about criteria for the list. What are they? Surely not that the person is just a chemist. Otherwise the list would be massive and always incomplete. Should we rename it to "List of important chemists" as has happened to "List of publications in X", renamed to "List of important publications in X"? This might assist the repeated addition by a user of his own name to the list. -- Bduke 23:26, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Is this one for real? He is not on the list of Nobel winners.
On a related matter. I think we should restrict this list to chemists who have a WP article and move any redlinks to here on the talk page until an article is created. That would ensure that all entries meet a notability test. However it is clear that some redlinks are very notable. They just need an article. What do people think? -- Bduke 21:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
I have tracked down the redlink above. It was this vandalism on 5 May 2006. This shows how difficult it is to maintain lists like this with redlinks. -- Bduke 21:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Re the above discussion, I am moving here those entries that I can not verify.
Moved until verified, I could only find one paper by one of the names at this time. Das Nerd 22:49, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Moved as I could not verify (was in the N section):
ChemGardener ( talk) 23:23, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Moved one that is legitimate but article had been deleted:
ChemGardener ( talk) 23:05, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
I was wondering whether it would be a good idea to combine this list with the category chemists, or maybe change it's name to List of Famous Chemists. It seems silly to have two lists running side by side and the category list is easier to add to. - Curious Gregor TALK - Synthesis for all 08:41, 23 March 2007 (UTC) (Sorry forgot to sign just now)
A random point Adrian Albert, (1907–1989), is said to be an Australian Medicinal Chemist, yet he was born in Chicago and is the place he most associated with. He never appears to associate with Australia...???
(Sorry if I don't format this correctly, this is my first time using a talk page.) I just added Kurt Alder, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1950 (With Otto Diels, already on the list). Maybe someone should make sure all chemistry laureates are on this list. If you win the nobel in chemistry, that pretty much proves you are a notable chemist, no? 206.225.97.152 ( talk) 18:37, 16 December 2008 (UTC)Chuck
All the Nobel laureates from Category:Nobel laureates in Chemistry are now in the list. What other general groups should we be checking to see they all are included? ChemGardener ( talk) 00:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
There are some people who are chemists, and may even be known as chemists, that are important for other reasons. Margaret Thatcher may be the most famous one. Israel Shahak mentioned above is another example. If this is really a list of important chemists, I think they don't belong on this list. Have we come up with criteria that would speak to this? ChemGardener ( talk) 01:23, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: nomination withdrawn. Jenks24 ( talk) 10:15, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
List of chemists →
List of famous chemists –
E. Grant Gibbons completed the FIRST synthesis of pleuromutilin as a Woodward PhD student at Harvard: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1982 104, 1767. He left chemistry and went into international business and government in Bermuda. He served in the Bermuda Parliament and as Minister of Finance. He is briefly mentioned in Wikipedia at United Bermuda Party. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdderUser ( talk • contribs) 22:02, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
No offense to Dr. Hsiao, but does he really belong on this list? Rangek ( talk) 02:14, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
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I don't think Newton is a chemist
I disagree. Newton spent many decades and wrote over a million words on the study of alchemy, the precursor to modern chemistry. -- Marmor 00:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't have a problem with Newton (or other natural philosophers) in the list. Newton was certainly an alchemist. I do question Lister and some other non-chemists that lived since the discipline of chemistry was clearly defined. Camarks 22:12, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Alchemy is not chemistry. What chemical discoveries is Newton responsible for? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.22.124.142 ( talk) 23:58, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
The article about Israel Shahak has very, very little to do about his life as a chemist and should be removed from this list. Grhs126student 19:10, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
The above comment from back in January talks about criteria for the list. What are they? Surely not that the person is just a chemist. Otherwise the list would be massive and always incomplete. Should we rename it to "List of important chemists" as has happened to "List of publications in X", renamed to "List of important publications in X"? This might assist the repeated addition by a user of his own name to the list. -- Bduke 23:26, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Is this one for real? He is not on the list of Nobel winners.
On a related matter. I think we should restrict this list to chemists who have a WP article and move any redlinks to here on the talk page until an article is created. That would ensure that all entries meet a notability test. However it is clear that some redlinks are very notable. They just need an article. What do people think? -- Bduke 21:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
I have tracked down the redlink above. It was this vandalism on 5 May 2006. This shows how difficult it is to maintain lists like this with redlinks. -- Bduke 21:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Re the above discussion, I am moving here those entries that I can not verify.
Moved until verified, I could only find one paper by one of the names at this time. Das Nerd 22:49, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Moved as I could not verify (was in the N section):
ChemGardener ( talk) 23:23, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Moved one that is legitimate but article had been deleted:
ChemGardener ( talk) 23:05, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
I was wondering whether it would be a good idea to combine this list with the category chemists, or maybe change it's name to List of Famous Chemists. It seems silly to have two lists running side by side and the category list is easier to add to. - Curious Gregor TALK - Synthesis for all 08:41, 23 March 2007 (UTC) (Sorry forgot to sign just now)
A random point Adrian Albert, (1907–1989), is said to be an Australian Medicinal Chemist, yet he was born in Chicago and is the place he most associated with. He never appears to associate with Australia...???
(Sorry if I don't format this correctly, this is my first time using a talk page.) I just added Kurt Alder, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1950 (With Otto Diels, already on the list). Maybe someone should make sure all chemistry laureates are on this list. If you win the nobel in chemistry, that pretty much proves you are a notable chemist, no? 206.225.97.152 ( talk) 18:37, 16 December 2008 (UTC)Chuck
All the Nobel laureates from Category:Nobel laureates in Chemistry are now in the list. What other general groups should we be checking to see they all are included? ChemGardener ( talk) 00:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
There are some people who are chemists, and may even be known as chemists, that are important for other reasons. Margaret Thatcher may be the most famous one. Israel Shahak mentioned above is another example. If this is really a list of important chemists, I think they don't belong on this list. Have we come up with criteria that would speak to this? ChemGardener ( talk) 01:23, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: nomination withdrawn. Jenks24 ( talk) 10:15, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
List of chemists →
List of famous chemists –
E. Grant Gibbons completed the FIRST synthesis of pleuromutilin as a Woodward PhD student at Harvard: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1982 104, 1767. He left chemistry and went into international business and government in Bermuda. He served in the Bermuda Parliament and as Minister of Finance. He is briefly mentioned in Wikipedia at United Bermuda Party. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdderUser ( talk • contribs) 22:02, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
No offense to Dr. Hsiao, but does he really belong on this list? Rangek ( talk) 02:14, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
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