PHYSICIST

Ferdinand Monoyer

1836 - 1912

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Ferdinand Monoyer (9 May 1836 – 11 July 1912) was a French ophthalmologist, known for introducing the dioptre in 1872. He invented the Monoyer chart, used to test visual acuity. He inserted his name in the random letters of the chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Monoyer has received more than 908,352 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ferdinand Monoyer is the 643rd most popular physicist (down from 552nd in 2019), the 4,356th most popular biography from France (down from 3,661st in 2019) and the 68th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ferdinand Monoyer ranks 643 out of 851. Before him are Victor J. Stenger, Harriet Brooks, Gerald Guralnik, Isaak Khalatnikov, Charles Stark Draper, and Ralph Kronig. After him are Frederick Guthrie, Ștefania Mărăcineanu, Ali Javan, William Higinbotham, Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, and Julius Wess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Ferdinand Monoyer ranks 66. Before him are Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Émile Étienne Guimet, Emil Hartmann, Robert Swinhoe, John W. Foster, and W. S. Gilbert. After him are Harry Rosenbusch, Isabella Beeton, Greene Vardiman Black, Jay Gould, Casimir de Candolle, and Remigio Morales Bermúdez. Among people deceased in 1912, Ferdinand Monoyer ranks 109. Before him are Iakob Gogebashvili, Pencho Slaveykov, Heinrich Gerber, Ahmet Mithat, Ferdinand Zirkel, and Aleksey Suvorin. After him are Patricio Escobar, Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Spiru Haret, Eduardo López de Romaña, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, and Henri Bouckaert.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ferdinand Monoyer ranks 4,356 out of 6,770. Before him are Audrey Fleurot (1977), Jean Cruveilhier (1791), Stéphane Javelle (1864), Gaston Amson (1883), François Marie Daudin (1776), and Philippe Verdelot (null). After him are Eva Ionesco (1965), Cyril Raffaelli (1974), Philippe Djian (1949), Roger Vitrac (1899), Stéphane Guivarc'h (1970), and André Thouin (1746).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Ferdinand Monoyer ranks 68. Before him are Carl August von Steinheil (1801), Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791), Jean Becquerel (1878), Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700), Prosper-René Blondlot (1849), and Marcel Brillouin (1854). After him are Thibault Damour (1951), Yvette Cauchois (1908), Hubert Curien (1924), and Jacques Friedel (1921).

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