William Preston
Sign in to saveConfederate Army general (1816–1887)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 28
Top works
- The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius
- Hope & folly
- Grey Argyll
- Illustrations of Masonry
- New Age Apocalypse Trilogy
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 9
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
17h-index
- Works
- 33
- Cited by
- 987
Research areas
ChemistryEnvironmental chemistryEnvironmental scienceEngineeringOrganic chemistry
Most cited works
- Mutagenicity and Lung Toxicity of Smoldering vs. Flaming Emissions from Various Biomass Fuels: Implications for Health Effects from Wildland Fires2018 · 286 cit
- Pyrolysis processing of PFAS-impacted biosolids, a pilot study2021 · 91 cit
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Fine Particulate Matter Emitted from Burning Kerosene, Liquid Petroleum Gas, and Wood Fuels in Household Cookstoves2017 · 67 cit
- Pilot-Scale Thermal Destruction of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in a Legacy Aqueous Film Forming Foam2023 · 67 cit
- Effects of Cold Temperature and Ethanol Content on VOC Emissions from Light-Duty Gasoline Vehicles2015 · 62 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 62,873x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,811x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,511x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,940x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,680x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Louisville
- Place of death
- Louisville
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- member of the United States House of Representatives
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Political party
- Whig Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Mexican-American War
- Military branch
- Confederate States Army
- Image
- William-Preston-sketch.jpg
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- place of burial
- Cave Hill Cemetery
- Commons category
- William Preston
- date of birth
- 1816-10-16
- date of death
- 1887-09-21
- allegiance
- United States
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