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Étienne-Louis Malus

1775 - 1812

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Étienne-Louis Malus (; French: [e.tjɛn.lwi ma.lys]; 23 July 1775 – 23 February 1812) was a French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician. Malus was born in Paris, France. He participated in Napoleon's expedition into Egypt (1798 to 1801) and was a member of the mathematics section of the Institut d'Égypte. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne-Louis Malus has received more than 84,683 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne-Louis Malus is the 212th most popular mathematician (down from 183rd in 2019), the 1,464th most popular biography from France (down from 1,339th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular French Mathematician.

Étienne-Louis Malus was a French physicist who discovered the law of linear polarization in optics.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Étienne-Louis Malus ranks 212 out of 1,004. Before him are Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Michael Atiyah, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Victor D'Hondt, Constantin Carathéodory, and Hermann Schwarz. After him are Antoine Augustin Cournot, Autolycus of Pitane, Willem de Sitter, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Callippus, and Michel Chasles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Étienne-Louis Malus ranks 15. Before him are Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Adam Albert von Neipperg, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Ching Shih, and François-Adrien Boieldieu. After him are Matthew Lewis, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Farkas Bolyai, Teréz Brunszvik, Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, and Bernhard Crusell. Among people deceased in 1812, Étienne-Louis Malus ranks 6. Before him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pyotr Bagration, Emanuel Schikaneder, Sacagawea, and George Clinton. After him are Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Spencer Perceval, Isaac Titsingh, and Hieronymus von Colloredo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne-Louis Malus ranks 1,464 out of 6,770. Before him are Joan, Countess of Flanders (1200), Paul Scarron (1610), Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), Paul Poiret (1879), and Maria Francisca of Savoy (1646). After him are Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), Jean Clouet (1480), James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (1670), Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), Stephen, Count of Blois (1045), and Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Étienne-Louis Malus ranks 42. Before him are Camille Jordan (1838), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Édouard Lucas (1842), Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), Gabriel Lamé (1795), and Laurent Schwartz (1915). After him are Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), Michel Chasles (1793), Henri Cartan (1904), Pierre Varignon (1654), Élie Cartan (1869), and Gilles de Roberval (1602).

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