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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 168,324 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. John C. Slater is the 617th most popular physicist (down from 592nd in 2019), the 6,315th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,988th in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John C. Slater ranks 617 out of 717Before him are Ralph Kronig, Mario Livio, Harold Brown, Toshiko Yuasa, Charles Stark Draper, and Ralph H. Fowler. After him are Wilhelm Hisinger, Julius Wess, William Higinbotham, John Polkinghorne, Alfred Landé, and Jan Burgers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, John C. Slater ranks 212Before him are Pedro Arispe, Ivan Maslennikov, Mikhail Lavrentyev, Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg, Nicolas Hoydonckx, and Spyridon Athanasopoulos. After him are Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, Hyman G. Rickover, Natalio Perinetti, Pierre Braine, Mikel Koliqi, and Elizabeth Goudge. Among people deceased in 1976, John C. Slater ranks 166Before him are Mal Evans, Ernst Albrecht, Lily Pons, Victor Varconi, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, and Zofia Stryjeńska. After him are Jens Bjørneboe, Edith Evans, Markus Reiner, Ritwik Ghatak, Johnny Mercer, and Julius Döpfner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John C. Slater ranks 6,315 out of 18,182Before him are Jo Jones (1911), Mike Todd (1909), Jane Bowles (1917), Leslie West (1945), Lydia Davis (1947), and Chris Wedge (1957). After him are Albert Tyler (1872), Carl Switzer (1927), Rick Yune (1971), Gates McFadden (1949), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), and Mike Starr (1950).

Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, John C. Slater ranks 128Before him are Harold Agnew (1921), Stuart Hameroff (1947), Evelyn Fox Keller (1936), Theodore Lyman IV (1874), Harold Brown (1927), and Charles Stark Draper (1901). After him are William Higinbotham (1910), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), Frederick Seitz (1911), Frank Oppenheimer (1912), Leo Kadanoff (1937), and Lee Smolin (1955).