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Gerard K. O'Neill

1927 - 1992

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Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (February 6, 1927 – April 27, 1992) was an American physicist and space activist. As a faculty member of Princeton University, he invented a device called the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiments. Later, he invented a magnetic launcher called the mass driver. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard K. O'Neill has received more than 278,982 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Gerard K. O'Neill is the 634th most popular physicist (down from 525th in 2019), the 6,299th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,707th in 2019) and the 134th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 634 out of 851. Before him are Walter Kaufmann, Giovanni Giorgi, Charles Kittel, Barys Kit, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, and Francis Hauksbee. After him are Alfred Landé, Tullio Regge, Victor J. Stenger, Harriet Brooks, Gerald Guralnik, and Isaak Khalatnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 298. Before him are Frank Sedgman, Yury Grigorovich, Carl Switzer, Victor Mees, Marie Kovářová, and Pasqualino De Santis. After him are Clint Walker, Maurice Lafont, Mark Blaug, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Estelle Parsons, and David Dinkins. Among people deceased in 1992, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 184. Before him are Sidney Nolan, Shirley Booth, Sandy Dennis, Vincent Gardenia, Mordecai Ardon, and Margarita Aliger. After him are Gyula Polgár, Ion Bogdan, Freddie Bartholomew, Sergey Obraztsov, Roberto Bonomi, and István Balogh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 6,299 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Livingston (1764), David Wayne (1914), William Stokoe (1919), Herbie Mann (1930), Nathan East (1955), and John Wesley Shipp (1955). After him are Morton Gould (1913), Stan Kenton (1911), Sarah Childress Polk (1803), Holt McCallany (1963), Zero Mostel (1915), and Mary Carlisle (1914).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 134. Before him are Grote Reber (1911), Brian Greene (1963), Lawrence M. Krauss (1954), Norris Bradbury (1909), Leo Kadanoff (1937), and Charles Kittel (1916). After him are Victor J. Stenger (1935), Gerald Guralnik (1936), Charles Stark Draper (1901), William Higinbotham (1910), Lee Smolin (1955), and Charles H. Bennett (1943).

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