PHYSICIST

J. Hans D. Jensen

1907 - 1973

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Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈjɛnzn̩] ; 25 June 1907 – 11 February 1973) was a German nuclear physicist. During World War II, he worked on the German nuclear energy project, known as the Uranium Club, where he contributed to the separation of uranium isotopes. After the war, Jensen was a professor at the University of Heidelberg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. Hans D. Jensen has received more than 141,659 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). J. Hans D. Jensen is the 64th most popular physicist (up from 110th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Germany (up from 405th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Physicist.

J. Hans D. Jensen is most famous for his work in the field of plant physiology. He was one of the first scientists to study photosynthesis and he discovered the process of photophosphorylation.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, J. Hans D. Jensen ranks 64 out of 851. Before him are Ludwig Boltzmann, Hermann von Helmholtz, Robert Andrews Millikan, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Otto Stern, and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes. After him are Eugene Wigner, Johannes Stark, Rudolf Clausius, Otto von Guericke, Lev Landau, and Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, J. Hans D. Jensen ranks 9. Before him are Claus von Stauffenberg, Katharine Hepburn, Oscar Niemeyer, John Wayne, Edwin McMillan, and Mircea Eliade. After him are Alberto Moravia, Laurence Olivier, Hergé, Yakov Dzhugashvili, Baldur von Schirach, and Rachel Carson. Among people deceased in 1973, J. Hans D. Jensen ranks 15. Before him are Lyndon B. Johnson, Fulgencio Batista, Abebe Bikila, Hans Kelsen, İsmet İnönü, and Walter Ulbricht. After him are Ivan Konev, Ludwig von Mises, John Ford, Paavo Nurmi, Pearl S. Buck, and Henri Charrière.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, J. Hans D. Jensen ranks 226 out of 7,253. Before him are Justus von Liebig (1803), Eduard Bernstein (1850), Walter Ulbricht (1893), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Hans Zimmer (1957), and Max Stirner (1806). After him are Matthias Grünewald (1480), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Johannes Stark (1874), Magda Goebbels (1901), Otto von Guericke (1602), and Max Scheler (1874).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, J. Hans D. Jensen ranks 10. Before him are Werner Heisenberg (1901), Georg Ohm (1789), Heinrich Hertz (1857), Max Born (1882), Max von Laue (1879), and Hermann von Helmholtz (1821). After him are Johannes Stark (1874), Otto von Guericke (1602), Carl Zeiss (1816), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Ernst Ruska (1906), and Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787).

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