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Franz Josef Gerstner

1756 - 1832

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Franz Josef Gerstner (from 1810 Franz Josef Ritter von Gerstner, Czech: František Josef Gerstner; 23 February 1756 – 25 July 1832) was a German-Bohemian physicist, astronomer and engineer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Josef Gerstner has received more than 11,575 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Franz Josef Gerstner is the 655th most popular physicist (down from 631st in 2019), the 598th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 562nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Franz Josef Gerstner ranks 655 out of 851. Before him are Julius Wess, Hertha Sponer, Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, César Lattes, Michael Berry, and Lee Smolin. After him are Maurice Goldhaber, Orest Khvolson, Adriaan Fokker, Hans Reissner, Mordehai Milgrom, and Paul Peter Ewald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Franz Josef Gerstner ranks 42. Before him are Henry Raeburn, Michael von Kienmayer, Everard Home, Francesca Lebrun, Georg Friedrich von Martens, and Henry Lee III. After him are Willem Bilderdijk, Thomas Linley the younger, and Christian Gottfried Körner. Among people deceased in 1832, Franz Josef Gerstner ranks 39. Before him are Andrew Bell, Antonio Scarpa, Wilhelm Bendz, Karl Rudolphi, Everard Home, and Henri Cassini. After him are Marie-Jeanne de Lalande, George Crabbe, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Barnaba Oriani, Johann Friedrich Adam, and Philip Freneau.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Franz Josef Gerstner ranks 598 out of 1,200. Before him are Petr Kellner (1964), Karel Mejta Sr (1928), John Neumann (1811), Franz Xaver Fieber (1807), Tomáš Šmíd (1956), and František Ladislav Rieger (1818). After him are Jiří Paroubek (1952), Adolf Lang (1848), Josef Musil (1932), Karel Sabina (1813), Emil Holub (1847), and Emil Filla (1882).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Czechia

Among physicists born in Czechia, Franz Josef Gerstner ranks 4. Before him are Ernst Mach (1838), Peter Grünberg (1939), and Christian Mayer (1719). After him are Emil Wolf (1922).

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