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Bengt Edlén

1906 - 1993

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Bengt Edlén (2 November 1906, Gusum – 10 February 1993, Lund) was a Swedish professor of physics and astronomer who specialized in spectroscopy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bengt Edlén has received more than 20,675 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bengt Edlén is the 754th most popular physicist, the 1,049th most popular biography from Sweden and the 16th most popular Swedish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Bengt Edlén ranks 754 out of 851. Before him are Kees Schouhamer Immink, Miguel Alcubierre, Arthur Schuster, Grigory Landsberg, Lene Hau, and Conyers Herring. After him are Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Yoseph Imry, Balfour Stewart, Rolf Landauer, Valentine Telegdi, and Robert Marshak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Bengt Edlén ranks 375. Before him are Helene Costello, Robert Surtees, Bunny Austin, Dušan Marković, Hugh Gaitskell, and Franco Comotti. After him are Vilmos Zombori, Pál Teleki, Toni Ulmen, George Lott, Alice Kober, and Raúl Anganuzzi. Among people deceased in 1993, Bengt Edlén ranks 257. Before him are Billy Eckstine, Frithjof Ulleberg, Gert Hofmann, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Göta Pettersson, and Albert Hyzler. After him are Heinrich Albertz, Vilmos Zombori, Jeanne Sauvé, Ray Gillen, Janusz Sidło, and Sammy Cahn.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bengt Edlén ranks 1,049 out of 1,879. Before him are Hasse Borg (1953), Lennart Magnusson (1924), Torsten Palm (1947), Gösta Sandberg (1932), Kajsa Bergqvist (1976), and Helge Liljebjörn (1904). After him are Mats Magnusson (1963), Carl Forssell (1917), Carl von Essen (1940), Mats Näslund (1959), Sture Allén (1928), and Erik Algot Fredriksson (1885).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Sweden

Among physicists born in Sweden, Bengt Edlén ranks 16. Before him are Christopher Polhem (1661), Knut Ångström (1857), Wilhelm Hisinger (1766), Bert Bolin (1925), Max Tegmark (1967), and Inga Fischer-Hjalmars (1918). After him are Sverker Johansson (1961).

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