1660 - 1713
Francis Hauksbee the Elder (1660–1713), also known as Francis Hawksbee, was an 18th-century English scientist best known for his work on electricity and electrostatic repulsion. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Hauksbee has received more than 119,981 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Francis Hauksbee is the 569th most popular physicist (down from 534th in 2019), the 2,958th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,522nd in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Physicist.
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Among physicists, Francis Hauksbee ranks 569 out of 717. Before him are Georg Adolf Erman, James Hansen, Gustav Mie, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Ludvig Faddeev, and Lev Artsimovich. After him are Fabiola Gianotti, Yakov Frenkel, Alfred Perot, Emil Warburg, José Celestino Mutis, and Victor J. Stenger.
1806 - 1877
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 563
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 564
1868 - 1957
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 565
1826 - 1899
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 566
1934 - 2017
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 567
1909 - 1973
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 568
1660 - 1713
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 569
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 570
1894 - 1952
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 571
1863 - 1925
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 572
1846 - 1931
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 573
1732 - 1808
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 574
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 575
Among people born in 1660, Francis Hauksbee ranks 20. Before him are Friedrich Hoffmann, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, Arnold Houbraken, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, and Jakob Prandtauer. After him are Jeanne Dumée and Edward Lhuyd. Among people deceased in 1713, Francis Hauksbee ranks 14. Before him are Jahandar Shah, Michael II Apafi, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Pavao Ritter Vitezović.
1660 - 1742
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 14
1660 - 1694
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 15
1660 - 1719
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 16
1660 - 1740
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 17
1660 - 1711
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 18
1660 - 1726
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 19
1660 - 1713
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 20
1660 - 1706
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 21
1660 - 1709
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 22
1661 - 1713
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 8
1676 - 1713
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 9
1649 - 1713
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 10
1675 - 1713
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 11
1674 - 1713
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 12
1652 - 1713
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 13
1660 - 1713
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 14
Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Hauksbee ranks 2,958 out of 7,765. Before him are Arnold Wesker (1932), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), Geoff Downes (1952), Robert Holdstock (1948), Christina Pickles (1935), and Nathalie Emmanuel (1989). After him are Robert Knox (1791), Lee Kerslake (1947), Dawn Addams (1930), Jonathan Penrose (1933), Brian O'Nolan (1911), and Thomas Digges (1546).
1932 - 2016
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 2,952
1931 - 2017
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 2,953
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 2,954
1948 - 2009
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 2,955
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 2,956
1989 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 2,957
1660 - 1713
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 2,958
1791 - 1862
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 2,959
1947 - 2020
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 2,960
1930 - 1985
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 2,961
1933 - 2021
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 2,962
1911 - 1966
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 2,963
1546 - 1595
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 2,964
Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Francis Hauksbee ranks 65. Before him are Michael Green (1946), Michael Berry (1941), Paul Davies (1946), Sergey Kapitsa (1928), James David Forbes (1809), and William Edward Ayrton (1847). After him are C. P. Snow (1905), John D. Barrow (1952), John Robison (1739), John Lennard-Jones (1894), William Astbury (1898), and Ralph H. Fowler (1889).
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 59
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 60
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 61
1928 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 62
1809 - 1868
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 63
1847 - 1908
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 64
1660 - 1713
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 65
1905 - 1980
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 66
1952 - 2020
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 67
1739 - 1805
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 68
1894 - 1954
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 69
1898 - 1961
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 70
1889 - 1944
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 71