PHYSICIST

Alan Cottrell

1919 - 2012

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Sir Alan Howard Cottrell, FRS (17 July 1919 – 15 February 2012) was an English metallurgist and physicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Cottrell has received more than 51,808 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Cottrell is the 738th most popular physicist, the 4,487th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 80th most popular British Physicist.

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  • 45.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Alan Cottrell ranks 738 out of 851. Before him are Walter Gordon, Raja Ramanna, Derek J. de Solla Price, Seymour Benzer, John Aitken, and Gersh Budker. After him are Bernard Lovell, Paul Corkum, Hubert Curien, George F. R. Ellis, William Stanley Jr., and Ernst Ising.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Alan Cottrell ranks 299. Before him are Ross Bagdasarian, Forrest Tucker, Alexander Courage, Bill Nicholson, George E. P. Box, and Kurt Wires. After him are Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Slim Pickens, Louise Bennett-Coverley, Naim Talu, and Erik Elmsäter. Among people deceased in 2012, Alan Cottrell ranks 371. Before him are Jenni Rivera, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Jacques Barzun, Klaus Schütz, Sherman Hemsley, and Pierre Adam. After him are Margaret Mahy, Bernard Lovell, Susan Tyrrell, Vincenzo Consolo, Ivan Calin, and Dick Clark.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Cottrell ranks 4,487 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Taylor (1962), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), John Farnham (1949), Sam Tingle (1921), Jonathan Lynn (1943), and Jimmy Stewart (1931). After him are Charles Henry Bartlett (1885), Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967), Gary Cahill (1985), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), Michael Portillo (1953), and Bernard Lovell (1913).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Alan Cottrell ranks 80. Before him are Alfred Ewing (1855), Raymond Gosling (1926), Brandon Carter (1942), Peter Mark Roget (1779), Julian Barbour (1937), and John Aitken (1839). After him are Bernard Lovell (1913), Gilbert Walker (1868), Balfour Stewart (1828), Charles Sheffield (1935), Brian Cox (1968), and Jeffrey Goldstone (1933).

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