1851 - 1901
Prof George Francis FitzGerald FTCD (3 August 1851 – 21 February 1901) was an Irish academic and physicist who served as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) from 1881 to 1901. FitzGerald is known for his work in electromagnetic theory and for the Lorentz–FitzGerald 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 89,149 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). George Francis FitzGerald is the 335th most popular physicist (up from 343rd in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 71st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Physicist.
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Among physicists, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 335 out of 717. Before him are Pascual Jordan, August Kundt, Félix Savart, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Leopold Infeld, and Vladimir Shukhov. After him are Moritz von Jacobi, Manfred von Ardenne, Karl Guthe Jansky, Shuji Nakamura, Walter A. Shewhart, and Ami Argand.
1902 - 1980
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 329
1839 - 1894
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 330
1791 - 1841
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 331
1824 - 1914
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 332
1898 - 1968
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 333
1853 - 1939
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 334
1851 - 1901
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 335
1801 - 1874
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 336
1907 - 1997
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 337
1905 - 1950
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 338
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 339
1891 - 1967
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 340
1750 - 1803
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 341
Among people born in 1851, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 24. Before him are Vincent d'Indy, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Torakusu Yamaha, Asa Griggs Candler, Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After him are Bernardino Machado, Doc Holliday, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Charles Dow, Franz von Liszt, and Guillaume Bigourdan. Among people deceased in 1901, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 23. Before him are Gaetano Bresci, Elisha Gray, Paul Rée, Josef Rheinberger, Francesco Crispi, and Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Adolf Eugen Fick, Iosif Gurko, Princess Januária of Brazil, Lev Ivanov, and Shō Tai.
1851 - 1931
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 18
1851 - 1931
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 19
1851 - 1916
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 20
1851 - 1929
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 21
1851 - 1884
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 22
1851 - 1938
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 23
1851 - 1901
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 24
1851 - 1944
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 25
1851 - 1887
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 26
1851 - 1921
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 27
1851 - 1902
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 28
1851 - 1919
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 29
1851 - 1932
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 30
1869 - 1901
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 17
1835 - 1901
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 18
1849 - 1901
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 19
1839 - 1901
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 20
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 21
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 22
1851 - 1901
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 23
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 24
1829 - 1901
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 25
1828 - 1901
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 26
1822 - 1901
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 27
1834 - 1901
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 28
1843 - 1901
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 29
Among people born in Ireland, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 62 out of 501. Before him are David Kelly (1929), Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850), Colin Farrell (1976), Christy Brown (1932), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), and James Ussher (1581). After him are William C. Campbell (1930), Brigid of Kildare (451), Brian Cowen (1960), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Brian Boru (941), and Sinéad O'Connor (1966).
1929 - 2012
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 56
1850 - 1916
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 57
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 58
1932 - 1981
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 59
954 - 1034
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 60
1581 - 1656
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 61
1851 - 1901
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 62
1930 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 63
451 - 525
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 64
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 65
1814 - 1873
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 66
941 - 1014
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 67
1966 - 2023
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 68
Among physicists born in Ireland, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 4. Before him are William Rowan Hamilton (1805), John Tyndall (1820), and Ernest Walton (1903). After him are George Johnstone Stoney (1826), John Sealy Townsend (1868), and John Joly (1857).
1805 - 1865
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1
1820 - 1893
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 2
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 3
1851 - 1901
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 4
1826 - 1911
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 5
1868 - 1957
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 6
1857 - 1933
HPI: 41.09
Rank: 7