1900 - 1976
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, John C. Slater ranks 617 out of 717. Before 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.
1904 - 1995
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 611
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 612
1927 - 2019
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 613
1909 - 1980
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 614
1901 - 1987
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 615
1889 - 1944
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 616
1900 - 1976
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 617
1766 - 1852
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 618
1934 - 2007
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 619
1910 - 1994
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 620
1930 - 2021
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 621
1888 - 1976
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 622
1895 - 1981
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 623
Among people born in 1900, John C. Slater ranks 212. Before 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 166. Before 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.
1900 - 1960
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 206
1900 - 1954
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 207
1900 - 1980
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 208
1900 - 1991
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 209
1900 - 1985
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 210
1900 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 211
1900 - 1976
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 212
1900 - 1970
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 213
1900 - 1986
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 214
1900 - 1985
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 215
1900 - 1951
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 216
1900 - 1997
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 217
1900 - 1984
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 218
1935 - 1976
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 160
1907 - 1976
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 161
1898 - 1976
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 162
1891 - 1976
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 163
1891 - 1976
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 164
1891 - 1976
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 165
1900 - 1976
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 166
1920 - 1976
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 167
1888 - 1976
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 168
1886 - 1976
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 169
1925 - 1976
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 170
1909 - 1976
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 171
1913 - 1976
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 172
Among people born in United States, John C. Slater ranks 6,315 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1911 - 1985
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,309
1909 - 1958
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,310
1917 - 1973
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,311
1945 - 2020
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,312
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,313
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,314
1900 - 1976
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,315
1872 - 1945
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 6,316
1927 - 1959
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 6,317
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 6,318
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 6,319
1910 - 2004
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 6,320
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 6,321
Among physicists born in United States, John C. Slater ranks 128. Before 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).
1921 - 2013
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 122
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 123
1936 - 2023
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 124
1874 - 1954
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 125
1927 - 2019
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 126
1901 - 1987
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 127
1900 - 1976
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 128
1910 - 1994
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 129
1915 - 1999
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 130
1911 - 2008
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 131
1912 - 1985
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 132
1937 - 2015
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 133
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 134