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Frederick Seitz

1911 - 2008

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Frederick Seitz (July 4, 1911 – March 2, 2008) was an American physicist, a pioneer of solid state physics, and climate change denier. Seitz was the 4th president of Rockefeller University from 1968 to 1978, and the 17th president of the National Academy of Sciences from 1962 to 1969. Seitz was the recipient of the National Medal of Science, NASA's Distinguished Public Service Award, and other honors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Seitz has received more than 183,923 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Seitz is the 674th most popular physicist (down from 630th in 2019), the 7,203rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,659th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Frederick Seitz ranks 674 out of 851. Before him are C. V. Boys, Balthasar van der Pol, Sulamith Goldhaber, Ash Carter, John C. Slater, and Yoshiaki Arata. After him are John Hopkinson, Max Tegmark, Ursula Franklin, Edith Clarke, Paul Scherrer, and John Polkinghorne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Frederick Seitz ranks 279. Before him are Álvaro Cunqueiro, Alberto Galateo, Edgar Sanabria, Gypsy Rose Lee, István Énekes, and Bibi Torriani. After him are Michel Pécheux, Bas Paauwe, Jack Finney, Sakari Tuomioja, Sufia Kamal, and Armandinho. Among people deceased in 2008, Frederick Seitz ranks 250. Before him are Ignazio Fabra, William Gibson, Helmut Zilk, Béatrix Beck, Nunzio Gallo, and Natalia Bessmertnova. After him are Omar Caetano, Wu Xueqian, Elizabeth Spriggs, Giovanni Viola, Hidetaka Nishiyama, and Gustaw Holoubek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick Seitz ranks 7,203 out of 20,380. Before him are Monte Hellman (1932), Florence La Badie (1888), Neal E. Miller (1909), Patricia Wettig (1951), Harry Reid (1939), and Katharine Houghton (1945). After him are Vincent Spano (1962), Charles Sheeler (1883), Elaine May (1932), Gloria Jones (1945), Michael E. Brown (1965), and Slim Harpo (1924).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Frederick Seitz ranks 143. Before him are Charles Stark Draper (1901), William Higinbotham (1910), Lee Smolin (1955), Charles H. Bennett (1943), Ash Carter (1954), and John C. Slater (1900). After him are Edith Clarke (1883), Robert R. Wilson (1914), Leona Woods (1919), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), and Elda Emma Anderson (1899).

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