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Félix Savart

1791 - 1841

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Félix Savart (; French: [savaʁ]; 30 June 1791, Mézières – 16 March 1841, Paris) was a French physicist and mathematician who is primarily known for the Biot–Savart law of electromagnetism, which he discovered together with his colleague Jean-Baptiste Biot. His main interest was in acoustics and the study of vibrating bodies. A particular interest in the violin led him to create an experimental trapezoidal model. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félix Savart has received more than 109,821 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Félix Savart is the 330th most popular physicist (up from 331st in 2019), the 1,656th most popular biography from France (up from 1,787th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Félix Savart ranks 330 out of 851. Before him are Samuel C. C. Ting, Thomas Johann Seebeck, Bruno Pontecorvo, John B. Goodenough, Luis Walter Alvarez, and Daniel C. Tsui. After him are Joseph Swan, Pierre Louis Dulong, Ami Argand, Donna Strickland, Otto Schmidt, and Frank Wilczek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, Félix Savart ranks 18. Before him are Johann Franz Encke, Franz Grillparzer, Eugène Scribe, Jan Svatopluk Presl, István Széchenyi, and Minh Mạng. After him are Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Friedrich Parrot, Anne Lister, Friedrich von Gärtner, Ferdinand Hérold, and Sergey Aksakov. Among people deceased in 1841, Félix Savart ranks 13. Before him are Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Friedrich Sertürner, Johan August Arfwedson, Minh Mạng, and Ferdinando Carulli. After him are Tokugawa Ienari, Friedrich Parrot, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Bertrand Barère, Franz Xaver von Baader, and Felice Pasquale Baciocchi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Félix Savart ranks 1,656 out of 6,770. Before him are Charlotte Perriand (1903), Thibaud Gaudin (1229), Felix of Valois (1127), Jacques Dutronc (1943), Émile Coué (1857), and Marcel Aymé (1902). After him are Maria of Montpellier (1182), Jean-Pierre Jabouille (1942), William of Gellone (750), Jean Dujardin (1972), Roger Etchegaray (1922), and Nicolas Sanson (1600).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Félix Savart ranks 34. Before him are Edmond Becquerel (1820), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Anne L'Huillier (1958), Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927), Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), and Henri Pitot (1695). After him are Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683), Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785), Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), Marguerite Perey (1909), and Auguste Bravais (1811).

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