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Giovanni Giorgi

1871 - 1950

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Giovanni Giorgi (November 27, 1871 – August 19, 1950) was an Italian physicist and electrical engineer who proposed the Giorgi system of measurement, the precursor to the International System of Units (SI). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Giorgi has received more than 70,279 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Giovanni Giorgi is the 629th most popular physicist (down from 591st in 2019), the 3,482nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,215th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Italian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Giovanni Giorgi ranks 629 out of 851. Before her are Georges-Louis Le Sage, Norris Bradbury, Michael Green, Antonius van den Broek, Leo Kadanoff, and Walter Kaufmann. After her are Charles Kittel, Barys Kit, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, Francis Hauksbee, Gerard K. O'Neill, and Alfred Landé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Giovanni Giorgi ranks 119. Before her are Henryk Arctowski, Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, Walter Breisky, Vatslav Vorovsky, Lottie Dod, and Walter Kaufmann. After her are Federigo Enriques, Ernst Stromer, Dun Karm Psaila, Florence R. Sabin, Johan Anker, and Constantin Argetoianu. Among people deceased in 1950, Giovanni Giorgi ranks 139. Before her are Frederick Twort, Mikhail Tskhakaya, José Berraondo, Charles Gmelin, Alexander Tairov, and Semyon Frank. After her are Aleksandrs Čaks, John M. Stahl, Maurice Costello, Hedwig Courths-Mahler, Gopinath Bordoloi, and Sara Allgood.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Giorgi ranks 3,482 out of 5,161. Before her are Max Biaggi (1971), Carla Del Poggio (1925), Francesco Colasuonno (1925), Raf (1959), Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (1940), and Giuliano Bonfante (1904). After her are Giuseppe Furino (1946), Attilio Giovannini (1924), Stefano Tacconi (1957), Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825), Andy Selva (1976), and Rosi Braidotti (1954).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Italy

Among physicists born in Italy, Giovanni Giorgi ranks 34. Before her are Augusto Righi (1850), Antonio Pacinotti (1841), Giuseppe Occhialini (1907), Carlo Alberto Castigliano (1847), Franco Rasetti (1901), and Bruno Zumino (1923). After her are Tullio Regge (1931), Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels (1865), Gian Francesco Giudice (1961), and Philip Kim (1967).

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