PHYSICIST

Christopher Polhem

1661 - 1751

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Christopher Polhammar (18 December 1661 – 30 August 1751) better known as Christopher Polhem (), which he took after his ennoblement in 1716, was a Swedish scientist, inventor, and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Polhem has received more than 98,918 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Polhem is the 384th most popular physicist (up from 395th in 2019), the 281st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Physicist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Christopher Polhem ranks 384 out of 851. Before him are Nathan Rosen, Ralph Asher Alpher, Georgy Flyorov, Duncan Haldane, Hiroshi Amano, and Oskar Klein. After him are Sameera Moussa, Robert Brout, Louis Poinsot, Wolfgang Ketterle, George Johnstone Stoney, and John Henry Poynting.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1661, Christopher Polhem ranks 11. Before him are Guillaume de l'Hôpital, Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Georg Böhm, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, and Jahandar Shah. After him are Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Georg Joseph Kamel, Fyodor Apraksin, Giacomo Antonio Perti, and Antoine Coypel. Among people deceased in 1751, Christopher Polhem ranks 10. Before him are William IV, Prince of Orange, Frederick, Prince of Wales, Louise of Great Britain, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, and Peter Lacy. After him are Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Robert Maynard, Leonard of Port Maurice, Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Nicola Salvi.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Christopher Polhem ranks 281 out of 1,879. Before him are Börje Salming (1951), Stig Blomqvist (1946), Helge von Koch (1870), Per Wahlöö (1926), Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926), and Oskar Klein (1894). After him are Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), Mikael Persbrandt (1963), Stig Dagerman (1923), Princess Eugénie of Sweden (1830), Magnus Stenbock (1664), and John, Duke of Östergötland (1589).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Sweden

Among physicists born in Sweden, Christopher Polhem ranks 10. Before him are Hannes Alfvén (1908), Kai Siegbahn (1918), Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896), Johannes Rydberg (1854), Vagn Walfrid Ekman (1874), and Oskar Klein (1894). After him are Knut Ångström (1857), Wilhelm Hisinger (1766), Bert Bolin (1925), Max Tegmark (1967), Inga Fischer-Hjalmars (1918), and Bengt Edlén (1906).

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