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Harry Daghlian

1921 - 1945

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Haroutune Krikor Daghlian Jr. (May 4, 1921 – September 15, 1945) was an American physicist with the Manhattan Project, which designed and produced the atomic bombs that were used in World War II. He accidentally irradiated himself on August 21, 1945, during a critical mass experiment at the remote Omega Site of the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico and died 25 days later from the resultant radiation poisoning. Daghlian was irradiated as a result of a criticality accident that occurred when he accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a 6.2 kg bomb core made of plutonium–gallium alloy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Daghlian has received more than 1,617,436 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Daghlian is the 611th most popular physicist, the 5,919th most popular biography from United States and the 125th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Harry Daghlian ranks 611 out of 851. Before him are Robert Mills, Marcel Brillouin, Burkhard Heim, Bert Bolin, James Hansen, and John D. Barrow. After him are Harold Brown, Gustav Mie, Aleksandr Stoletov, Harold Agnew, Mario Livio, and Grote Reber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Harry Daghlian ranks 268. Before him are Mario Rigoni Stern, Cuthbert Sebastian, Alenush Terian, Buddy Rogers, Paco Godia, and Alfréd Rényi. After him are Helena Rakoczy, David Gale, Harold Agnew, John Agar, Yuri Ozerov, and Fred Buscaglione. Among people deceased in 1945, Harry Daghlian ranks 276. Before him are Reynold A. Nicholson, Maurice Sachs, Florence Bascom, Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, José María Moncada, and Friedrich, Prince of Wied. After him are Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, El-Registan, Ferenc Csik, Naoemon Shimizu, Dorothea Köring, and Alexander Fersman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Daghlian ranks 5,919 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Taylor (1932), Max O. Lorenz (1876), Wes Bentley (1978), John Lee Hancock (1956), Al Smith (1873), and Oscar De La Hoya (1973). After him are Armie Hammer (1986), Darlanne Fluegel (1953), Ross the Boss (1954), Johnny Knoxville (1971), Thomas Horsfield (1773), and Kaley Cuoco (1985).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Harry Daghlian ranks 125. Before him are Joan Feynman (1927), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Robert H. Dicke (1916), Henry Augustus Rowland (1848), Robert Mills (1927), and James Hansen (1941). After him are Harold Brown (1927), Harold Agnew (1921), Grote Reber (1911), Brian Greene (1963), Lawrence M. Krauss (1954), and Norris Bradbury (1909).

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