# Henry Cavendish

> He isolated hydrogen, weighed the planet, and barely spoke to anyone while doing it. Cavendish treated the natural world like a locked room problem — and solved several that had stumped everyone else.

*English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1731-10-10
- **Died:** 1810-02-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in 1731, Cavendish came to chemistry and physics with a temperament better suited to monasteries than salons: shy, methodical, and uninterested in credit. In 1766 he published a paper describing "inflammable air" — hydrogen — noting its density and the fact that it formed water when burned. Lavoisier would later repeat the work and name the element. Cavendish moved on: atmospheric composition, the synthesis of water, electrical forces, a mechanical theory of heat. His most famous work came late, an experiment so precise it measured the density of the Earth itself, a feat that allowed later scientists to derive the gravitational constant. He died in 1810, having documented the world with a rigor few could match and a public presence almost no one remembered.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 66.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 14.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 9.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #235

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Chemistry, #Physics, #Mathematics, #Early Modern Era

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