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Arthur Schuster

1851 - 1934

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Sir Franz Arthur Friedrich Schuster (12 September 1851 – 14 October 1934) was a German-born British physicist known for his work in spectroscopy, electrochemistry, optics, X-radiography and the application of harmonic analysis to physics. Schuster's integral is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Schuster has received more than 123,373 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Schuster is the 750th most popular physicist (down from 659th in 2019), the 5,257th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,340th in 2019) and the 98th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Arthur Schuster ranks 750 out of 851. Before him are Ernst Ising, Frank Benford, Gilbert Walker, Juan Martín Maldacena, Kees Schouhamer Immink, and Miguel Alcubierre. After him are Grigory Landsberg, Lene Hau, Conyers Herring, Bengt Edlén, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, and Yoseph Imry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Arthur Schuster ranks 98. Before him are Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Herbert Lawford, Juan Gualberto González, Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, and Ivan Tavčar. After him are Abraham Berge, Theo de Meester, Leonhard Stejneger, Berthold Englisch, Thomas Dewing, and Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey. Among people deceased in 1934, Arthur Schuster ranks 158. Before him are Leonid Sobinov, Arthur Surridge Hunt, Lou Tellegen, Davidson Black, Emiliano González Navero, and Andrés Héctor Carvallo. After him are John Brinck, Edgeworth David, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Joel Lehtonen, Zdenka Braunerová, and Karl Dane.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arthur Schuster ranks 5,257 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernhard Germeshausen (1951), Josef Ludwig von Armansperg (1787), Bernhard Langer (1957), Inge Helten (1950), Dietmar Danner (1950), and Lya Lys (1908). After him are Bärbel Bas (1968), Wolfgang Stark (1969), Herbert Schade (1922), Helmut Rix (1926), Max Schöne (1880), and Sabine Moussier (1966).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Arthur Schuster ranks 98. Before him are Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769), Gregor Wentzel (1898), Pief Panofsky (1919), Rudolf Haag (1922), Walter Gordon (1893), and Ernst Ising (1900). After him are Rolf-Dieter Heuer (1948), Rolf Landauer (1927), Jürgen Kurths (1953), Hedwig Kohn (1887), Werner Israel (1931), and Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell (1886).

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