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PHYSICIST

Balthasar van der Pol

1889 - 1959

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Balthasar van der Pol (27 January 1889 – 6 October 1959) was a Dutch physicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Balthasar van der Pol has received more than 56,141 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Balthasar van der Pol is the 627th most popular physicist (down from 591st in 2019), the 679th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 595th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Dutch Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Balthasar van der Pol ranks 627 out of 717Before her are John Polkinghorne, Alfred Landé, Jan Burgers, Charles Fabry, Ole Jacob Broch, and John Hopkinson. After her are Nicholas Metropolis, Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Frederick Seitz, Franz Josef Gerstner, Maurice Goldhaber, and Alfred Ewing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Balthasar van der Pol ranks 198Before her are Richard O'Connor, Géo André, Efrem Zimbalist, Clifton Webb, Ralph H. Fowler, and Albert Hill. After her are Virgilio Mantegazza, Nezihe Muhiddin, Teresa de la Parra, Hjalmar Andersson, Thomas Hart Benton, and Paul Deman. Among people deceased in 1959, Balthasar van der Pol ranks 146Before her are Preston Sturges, Pierre Frieden, Lipót Fejér, Carl Switzer, Kay Kendall, and Stepan Erzia. After her are Seán Lester, Jan Černý, Emil František Burian, Antonio Campolo, Abdul Muis, and Ragnar Malm.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Balthasar van der Pol ranks 679 out of 1,427Before her are Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686), Willem Kes (1856), Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970), Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873), Alfred Schreuder (1972), and Karen Mulder (1970). After her are Adri van Male (1910), Nicolaas Pieneman (1809), Charley Toorop (1891), Lou Tellegen (1881), Jan Lammers (1956), and Roelof Klein (1877).

Among PHYSICISTS In Netherlands

Among physicists born in Netherlands, Balthasar van der Pol ranks 21Before her are Hendrik Casimir (1909), Samuel Goudsmit (1902), Dirk Coster (1889), Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876), and Jan Burgers (1895). After her are Antonius van den Broek (1870), Abraham Pais (1918), and Kees Schouhamer Immink (1946).