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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 42,881 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jan Burgers is the 623rd most popular physicist (down from 605th in 2019), the 669th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 618th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Dutch Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Jan Burgers ranks 623 out of 717. Before him are John C. Slater, Wilhelm Hisinger, Julius Wess, William Higinbotham, John Polkinghorne, and Alfred Landé. After him are Charles Fabry, Ole Jacob Broch, John Hopkinson, Balthasar van der Pol, Nicholas Metropolis, and Boris Borisovich Golitsyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Jan Burgers ranks 198. Before him are Ion Barbu, Geo Milev, Ben Sharpsteen, Ali Mansur, Greta Johansson, and Olga Spessivtseva. After him are Paavo Johansson, Eduard Bagritsky, Louis Raymond, Busby Berkeley, Andreas Alföldi, and Johann Nepomuk David. Among people deceased in 1981, Jan Burgers ranks 163. Before him are Rino Gaetano, János Pilinszky, Mikhail Zharov, Leonard Howell, Curtis Bernhardt, and Frances Yates. After him are Sven Andersson, Esteban Canal, Chief Dan George, J. L. Mackie, Stanisław Mazur, and Constantin Rădulescu.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Burgers ranks 669 out of 1,427. Before him are Kees Verkerk (1942), Gerben Karstens (1942), Thomas van Erpe (1584), Pim Doesburg (1943), Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (1612), and Wim Jonk (1966). After him are Betty Stöve (1945), Leen Vente (1911), Richard Krajicek (1971), Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686), Willem Kes (1856), and Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Netherlands

Among physicists born in Netherlands, Jan Burgers ranks 20. Before him are Hans Kramers (1894), Hendrik Casimir (1909), Samuel Goudsmit (1902), Dirk Coster (1889), Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), and Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876). After him are Balthasar van der Pol (1889), Antonius van den Broek (1870), Abraham Pais (1918), and Kees Schouhamer Immink (1946).

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