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George Francis FitzGerald

1851 - 1901

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George Francis FitzGerald (3 August 1851 – 21 February 1901) was an Irish physicist known for length contraction, which became an integral part of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Francis FitzGerald has received more than 102,262 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). George Francis FitzGerald is the 358th most popular physicist (down from 335th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 61st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 358 out of 851. Before him are Yakov Zeldovich, Heinrich Geißler, Galileo Ferraris, Auguste Bravais, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, and George Uhlenbeck. After him are Walter H. Schottky, Manfred von Ardenne, Gaston Planté, Charles Fabry, Abram Ioffe, and Louis Slotin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 27. Before him are Asa Griggs Candler, Knut Wicksell, Émile Boirac, Alexander, Prince of Orange, Bernardino Machado, and Charles Dupuy. After him are Guillaume Bigourdan, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Theodor Lipps, Edward Walter Maunder, Doc Holliday, and Charles Dow. Among people deceased in 1901, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 24. Before him are Francesco Crispi, Josef Rheinberger, Adolf Eugen Fick, Paul Rée, Zénobe Gramme, and Nikolaos Gyzis. After him are Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Francesc Pi i Margall, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Iosif Gurko, Shō Tai, and François-Marie Raoult.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 62 out of 549. Before him are George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Colin Farrell (1976), Thomas Moore (1779), Sinéad O'Connor (1966), Brian Cowen (1960), and Mary Robinson (1944). After him are Christy Brown (1932), Kevin Farrell (1947), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Brian Boru (941), J. D. Bernal (1901), and Edmund the Martyr (841).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Ireland

Among physicists born in Ireland, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 4. Before him are William Rowan Hamilton (1805), Ernest Walton (1903), and John Tyndall (1820). After him are George Johnstone Stoney (1826), John Sealy Townsend (1868), and John Joly (1857).

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