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Christopher Polhem

1661 - 1751

Christopher Polhem

Christopher Polhammar (18 December 1661 – 30 August 1751) better known as Christopher Polhem (listen ), 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 85,153 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Christopher Polhem is the 395th most popular physicist (up from 403rd in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 332nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Physicist.

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85k
Page Views (PV)
54.70
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
29
Languages Editions (L)
3.38
Effective Languages (L*)
3.63
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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Christopher Polhem ranks 395 out of 717. Before him are Christian Bohr, Louis Paul Cailletet, Duncan Haldane, Hendrik Casimir, Leonard Susskind, and Jacob Bekenstein. After him are Hantaro Nagaoka, William Watson, Georgy Flyorov, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Victor Weisskopf, and John Kerr.

Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia

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Christian Bohr
1855 - 1911
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 389
Louis Paul Cailletet
1832 - 1913
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 390
Duncan Haldane
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 391
Hendrik Casimir
1909 - 2000
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 392
Leonard Susskind
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 393
Jacob Bekenstein
1947 - 2015
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 394
Christopher Polhem
1661 - 1751
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 395
Hantaro Nagaoka
1865 - 1950
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 396
William Watson
1715 - 1787
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 397
Georgy Flyorov
1913 - 1990
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 398
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
1848 - 1916
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 399
Victor Weisskopf
1908 - 2002
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 400
John Kerr
1824 - 1907
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 401

Contemporaries

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

Others Born in 1661

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Guillaume de l'Hôpital
1661 - 1704
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 5
Antonio I, Prince of Monaco
1661 - 1731
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 6
Marie Angélique de Scorailles
1661 - 1681
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 7
Georg Böhm
1661 - 1733
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 8
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
1661 - 1742
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 9
Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti
1661 - 1685
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 10
Christopher Polhem
1661 - 1751
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 11
Jahandar Shah
1661 - 1713
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 12
Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
1661 - 1705
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 13
Vladimir Atlasov
1661 - 1711
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 14
Antoine Coypel
1661 - 1722
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 15
Giacomo Antonio Perti
1661 - 1756
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 16
Fyodor Apraksin
1661 - 1728
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 17