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Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell

1886 - 1957

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Frederick Alexander Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, ( CHAR-wel; 5 April 1886 – 3 July 1957) was a British physicist who was prime scientific adviser to Winston Churchill in World War II. He was involved in the development of radar and infra-red guidance systems. He was sceptical of the first reports of the enemy's V-weapons programme. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell has received more than 466,032 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell is the 751st most popular physicist, the 5,036th most popular biography from Germany and the 97th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell ranks 751 out of 717. Before him are Werner Israel, Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Brian Cox, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, and Norris Bradbury. After him are Nima Arkani-Hamed, Yash Pal, Herbert Goldstein, Richard A. Muller, Howard Georgi, and Ernest Moniz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell ranks 258. Before him are Sam Langford, Karl Dane, Paul Radmilovic, John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, Rudolf Degermark, and Charlie Ruggles. After him are Reggie Pridmore, Maggie Laubser, Gus Kahn, Ronald Firbank, and Virginia Pearson. Among people deceased in 1957, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell ranks 207. Before him are Joyce Cary, Hughie Gallacher, Katie Johnson, Nils Silfverskiöld, Clarence Walker, and Mary Proctor. After him are Billy Bevan and Charles King.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell ranks 5,036 out of 6,142. Before him are Margit Schumann (1952), Franziska Giffey (1978), Fritz Walter (1960), Dieter Riedel (1947), Gerd Zewe (1950), and Harry Groener (1951). After him are Alexander Nübel (1996), Rainer Schüttler (1976), André Greipel (1982), Maren Ade (1976), Martin Sonneborn (1965), and Michael Frontzeck (1964).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell ranks 97. Before him are Gregor Wentzel (1898), Jürgen Kurths (1953), Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769), Rolf-Dieter Heuer (1948), Rudolf Haag (1922), and Werner Israel (1931).

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