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John C. Slater

1900 - 1976

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John Clarke Slater (December 22, 1900 – July 25, 1976) was an American physicist who advanced the theory of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules and solids. He also made major contributions to microwave electronics. He received a B.S. in physics from the University of Rochester in 1920 and a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard in 1923, then did post-doctoral work at the universities of Cambridge (briefly) and Copenhagen. On his return to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John C. Slater has received more than 184,716 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. John C. Slater is the 673rd most popular physicist (down from 617th in 2019), the 7,101st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,302nd in 2019) and the 142nd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John C. Slater ranks 673 out of 851. Before him are Ted Fujita, William Astbury, C. V. Boys, Balthasar van der Pol, Sulamith Goldhaber, and Ash Carter. After him are Yoshiaki Arata, Frederick Seitz, John Hopkinson, Max Tegmark, Ursula Franklin, and Edith Clarke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, John C. Slater ranks 234. Before him are William Stevenson, István Fekete, Richard Hughes, Marta Abba, Pierre Braine, and Konrad Granström. After him are Mikel Koliqi, Cecil Griffiths, Frederick Terman, Elizabeth Goudge, Devdas Gandhi, and Konrad Hirsch. Among people deceased in 1976, John C. Slater ranks 192. Before him are Milena Rudnytska, Leopold Hofmann, Victor Varconi, Matthias Kaburek, Richard Hughes, and Kosta Tomašević. After him are Martín Luis Guzmán, Zofia Stryjeńska, Paul Kossoff, Mario Alborta, Alexander Brailowsky, and Mal Evans.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John C. Slater ranks 7,101 out of 20,380. Before him are Thaddeus Stevens (1792), Curly Howard (1903), Roy Thomas (1940), Doris Humphrey (1895), Krysten Ritter (1981), and Regis Philbin (1931). After him are Larry O'Brien (1917), Larry Lieber (1931), Walter J. Ong (1912), Peter S. Beagle (1939), Bruce Glover (1932), and Kay Sage (1898).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, John C. Slater ranks 142. Before him are Gerald Guralnik (1936), Charles Stark Draper (1901), William Higinbotham (1910), Lee Smolin (1955), Charles H. Bennett (1943), and Ash Carter (1954). After him are Frederick Seitz (1911), Edith Clarke (1883), Robert R. Wilson (1914), Leona Woods (1919), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), and Alvin M. Weinberg (1915).

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