PHYSICIST

Galileo Ferraris

1847 - 1897

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Galileo Ferraris (31 October 1847 – 7 February 1897) was an Italian university professor, physicist and electrical engineer, one of the pioneers of AC power system and inventor of the induction motor although he never patented his work. Many newspapers touted that his work on the induction motor and power transmission systems were some of the greatest inventions of all ages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Galileo Ferraris has received more than 206,501 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Galileo Ferraris is the 354th most popular physicist (down from 351st in 2019), the 1,697th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,801st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Galileo Ferraris ranks 354 out of 851. Before him are William Sturgeon, Marguerite Perey, Moritz von Jacobi, Stephen Hales, Yakov Zeldovich, and Heinrich Geißler. After him are Auguste Bravais, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, George Uhlenbeck, George Francis FitzGerald, Walter H. Schottky, and Manfred von Ardenne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Galileo Ferraris ranks 29. Before him are Nikolay Zhukovsky, Sergey Nechayev, Paul Langerhans, Frits Thaulow, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, and Camille Doncieux. After him are John Bates Clark, Jacob Schiff, Hans Gross, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, Sidney Sonnino, and Adolf von Hildebrand. Among people deceased in 1897, Galileo Ferraris ranks 23. Before him are Sebastian Kneipp, Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Salomon August Andrée, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, and Stanislas de Guaita. After him are Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Khurshidbanu Natavan, Henry George, Alexei Savrasov, and Minna Canth.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Galileo Ferraris ranks 1,697 out of 5,161. Before him are Hermocrates (-500), Rafael Sabatini (1875), Hieronymus Fabricius (1533), Palma il Giovane (1548), Lippo Memmi (1291), and Nino Manfredi (1921). After him are Agnolo Gaddi (1350), Bernardo Rossellino (1409), Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona (1775), Lucius Verginius Rufus (14), Viridis Visconti (1352), and Bona of Savoy (1449).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Italy

Among physicists born in Italy, Galileo Ferraris ranks 13. Before him are Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618), Carlo Rubbia (1934), Ettore Majorana (1906), Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746), Giorgio Parisi (1948), and Bruno Pontecorvo (1913). After him are Carlo Matteucci (1811), Fabiola Gianotti (1960), Federico Faggin (1941), Bruno Rossi (1905), Giovanni Battista Amici (1786), and Gabriele Veneziano (1942).

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