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Jan Burgers

1895 - 1981

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Johannes (Jan) Martinus Burgers (January 13, 1895 – June 7, 1981) was a Dutch physicist and the brother of the physicist Wilhelm G. Burgers. Burgers studied in Leiden under Paul Ehrenfest, where he obtained his PhD in 1918. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Burgers has received more than 45,871 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Burgers is the 681st most popular physicist (down from 623rd in 2019), the 793rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 667th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Dutch Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Jan Burgers ranks 681 out of 851. Before him are John Hopkinson, Max Tegmark, Ursula Franklin, Edith Clarke, Paul Scherrer, and John Polkinghorne. After him are Thibault Damour, Isaak Kikoin, Robert R. Wilson, John Iliopoulos, Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, and Inga Fischer-Hjalmars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Jan Burgers ranks 235. Before him are H. A. R. Gibb, Bert Lahr, Joseph Banks Rhine, Béla Illés, Aileen Pringle, and Shemp Howard. After him are Greta Johansson, Juan Artola, Vilho Tuulos, Earl Thomson, Nygmet Nurmakov, and Karel Pešek. Among people deceased in 1981, Jan Burgers ranks 204. Before him are Frances Yates, Aníbal Ciocca, Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Roy Cochran, Wilfried Puis, and Rudolf Viertl. After him are Ichikawa Fusae, János Pilinszky, Vera-Ellen, Gregory Breit, Robert Moses, and Guy Butler.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Burgers ranks 793 out of 1,646. Before him are Bas Paauwe (1911), André Hazes (1951), Nida Senff (1920), Jasper Cillessen (1989), Nicolaas Pierson (1839), and Albert Mol (1917). After him are Gerrie Knetemann (1951), Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860), Renée Soutendijk (1957), Theo Heemskerk (1852), Winston Bogarde (1970), and Michael Bleekemolen (1949).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Netherlands

Among physicists born in Netherlands, Jan Burgers ranks 23. Before him are Hendrik Casimir (1909), Abraham Pais (1918), Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876), Dirk Coster (1889), Antonius van den Broek (1870), and Balthasar van der Pol (1889). After him are Kees Schouhamer Immink (1946).

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