PHYSICIST

Alfred Ewing

1855 - 1935

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Sir James Alfred Ewing MInstitCE (27 March 1855 − 7 January 1935) was a Scottish physicist and engineer, best known for his work on the magnetic properties of metals and, in particular, for his discovery of, and coinage of the word, hysteresis. It was said of Ewing that he was 'Careful at all times of his appearance, his suits were mostly grey, added to which he generally wore – whatever the fashion – a white piqué stripe to his waistcoat, a mauve shirt, a white butterfly collar and a dark blue bow tie with white spots.' He was regarded as brilliant and successful, but was conscious of his dignity and position. On appointment to head the newly created Admiralty codebreaking department, the Director of Naval Intelligence, Henry Oliver, described him as 'too distinguished a man to be placed officially under the orders of the Director of Intelligence or Chief of Staff'. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Ewing has received more than 24,136 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Ewing is the 693rd most popular physicist (down from 633rd in 2019), the 3,932nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,538th in 2019) and the 74th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Alfred Ewing ranks 693 out of 851. Before him are Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, Inga Fischer-Hjalmars, Gregory Breit, Leona Woods, Kazuhiko Nishijima, and Leonard Mlodinow. After him are Yvette Cauchois, Leonid Sedov, Zoltán Lajos Bay, Humberto Fernández-Morán, E. C. George Sudarshan, and Alvin M. Weinberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Alfred Ewing ranks 89. Before him are Swarnakumari Devi, Cecilia Beaux, Frank Hadow, C. V. Boys, Vittoria Aganoor, and Olive Schreiner. After him are Marie Stritt, Ludwig Ganghofer, Robert M. La Follette, Henry Nicholas Ridley, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, and William Friese-Greene. Among people deceased in 1935, Alfred Ewing ranks 122. Before him are Sylvain Lévi, Gerhard Louis De Geer, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Johan Ramstedt, Johannes Thiele, and Pieter Cort van der Linden. After him are Herbert Giles, Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, Vernon Lee, Guido Balzarini, Tryggvi Þórhallsson, and Herbert Ponting.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alfred Ewing ranks 3,932 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Berry (1888), George Crabbe (1754), Reginald Wingate (1861), Arthur Bliss (1891), Michael Carrick (1981), and Nicholas Hooper (1952). After him are Ed Westwick (1987), Asa Butterfield (1997), Joanna Pettet (1942), Joe Mercer (1914), Jim Capaldi (1944), and Gary Daniels (1963).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Alfred Ewing ranks 74. Before him are Frederick Guthrie (1833), Michael Berry (1941), William Astbury (1898), C. V. Boys (1855), John Hopkinson (1849), and John Polkinghorne (1930). After him are Raymond Gosling (1926), Brandon Carter (1942), Peter Mark Roget (1779), Julian Barbour (1937), John Aitken (1839), and Alan Cottrell (1919).

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