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Carl August von Steinheil

1801 - 1870

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Carl August von Steinheil (12 October 1801 – 14 September 1870) was a German physicist, inventor, engineer and astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl August von Steinheil has received more than 36,394 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl August von Steinheil is the 555th most popular physicist (down from 546th in 2019), the 3,690th most popular biography from France (down from 3,381st in 2019) and the 62nd most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Carl August von Steinheil ranks 555 out of 717. Before him are Charles Kittel, Bert Bolin, Étienne-Gaspard Robert, Ferdinand Monoyer, Abraham Alikhanov, and David Deutsch. After him are Théophile de Donder, Wander Johannes de Haas, Nicholas Kurti, Sumio Iijima, Aleksandr Stoletov, and Robert Mills.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Carl August von Steinheil ranks 61. Before him are Hippolyte Carnot, Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Carl Jakob Sundevall, Édouard Lartet, Joseph Ludwig Raabe, and Atanasio Aguirre. After him are José Joaquín Pérez, Zecharias Frankel, František Škroup, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, William Hallowes Miller, and Edward William Lane. Among people deceased in 1870, Carl August von Steinheil ranks 47. Before him are James Young Simpson, Pieter Bleeker, Arthur Saint-Léon, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Michael William Balfe, and Moshoeshoe I. After him are Umihana Čuvidina, Franz Unger, Carlos Soublette, Franz Josef Ruprecht, Christian Albrecht Jensen, and Pascual Madoz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Carl August von Steinheil ranks 3,690 out of 6,011. Before him are Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852), Gérard Krawczyk (1953), André-Pierre Gignac (1985), Joseph Ducreux (1735), Edmond Delfour (1907), and Philippe Léotard (1940). After him are Conan II, Duke of Brittany (1030), Arlette Laguiller (1940), André Wilms (1947), Sébastien Ogier (1983), Ludovic Giuly (1976), and Jean Philippe (1931).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Carl August von Steinheil ranks 62. Before him are Pierre Weiss (1865), Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700), Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791), Gustave Trouvé (1839), Louis-François-Clement Breguet (1804), and Ferdinand Monoyer (1836). After him are Alfred Perot (1863), Charles Fabry (1867), Hubert Curien (1924), and Jacques Friedel (1921).

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