Skip to content
226,923 profiles ranked

Daniel Rutherford

British physician, chemist, botanist and physicist (1749-1819) · Doctors · Died at 70

Daniel Rutherford was a Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is known for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772.

Daniel Rutherford is read about 45 times a day, in 44 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

People around Daniel

Awards

Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

About this person

Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1749 to 1819 · aged 70