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Gilbert Walker

1868 - 1958

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Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker (14 June 1868 – 4 November 1958) was an English physicist and statistician of the 20th century. Walker studied mathematics and applied it to a variety of fields including aerodynamics, electromagnetism and the analysis of time-series data before taking up a teaching position at the University of Cambridge. Although he had no experience in meteorology, he was recruited for a post in the Indian Meteorological Department where he worked on statistical approaches to predict the monsoons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilbert Walker has received more than 47,409 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Walker is the 746th most popular physicist, the 4,604th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 82nd most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Gilbert Walker ranks 746 out of 851. Before him are Paul Corkum, Hubert Curien, George F. R. Ellis, William Stanley Jr., Ernst Ising, and Frank Benford. After him are Juan Martín Maldacena, Kees Schouhamer Immink, Miguel Alcubierre, Arthur Schuster, Grigory Landsberg, and Lene Hau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Gilbert Walker ranks 186. Before him are Annie S. D. Maunder, Lida Heymann, Otokar Březina, Johannes van Dijk, H. J. R. Murray, and Harry Blackstaffe. After him are Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, Spottiswoode Aitken, Jaroslav Kvapil, Horace Elgin Dodge, Augusto Pestana, and Mariano Trías. Among people deceased in 1958, Gilbert Walker ranks 173. Before him are Cyril M. Kornbluth, Norman Bel Geddes, Sam Zimbalist, George Orton, Kurt Neumann, and Virginia Pearson. After him are Maksimilijan Mihelčič, Alma Bennett, Paul Pilgrim, Marie Pujmanová, Émile Delchambre, and Mark Jones.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gilbert Walker ranks 4,604 out of 8,785. Before him are Kay Stammers (1914), Thomas Heath (1861), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Dele Alli (1996), Lindsay Hoyle (1957), and Stephen Morris (1957). After him are Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), Alister McGrath (1953), Phil Collen (1957), Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), Adela Pankhurst (1885), and John of Worcester (1100).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Gilbert Walker ranks 82. Before him are Brandon Carter (1942), Peter Mark Roget (1779), Julian Barbour (1937), John Aitken (1839), Alan Cottrell (1919), and Bernard Lovell (1913). After him are Balfour Stewart (1828), Charles Sheffield (1935), Brian Cox (1968), Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), John Houghton (1931), and Ronald Drever (1931).

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