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John Lennard-Jones

1894 - 1954

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Sir John Edward Lennard-Jones (27 October 1894 – 1 November 1954) was a British mathematician and professor of theoretical physics at the University of Bristol, and then of theoretical science at the University of Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Lennard-Jones has received more than 92,028 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Lennard-Jones is the 620th most popular physicist (down from 593rd in 2019), the 3,235th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,194th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Physicist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 92k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Lennard-Jones by language

Over the past year John Lennard-Jones has had the most page views in the with 11,083 views, followed by Spanish (2,215), and Russian (2,005). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Haitian (97.21%), Chinese (86.38%), and Azerbaijani (55.31%)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John Lennard-Jones ranks 620 out of 851. Before him are Aleksandr Stoletov, Harold Agnew, Mario Livio, Grote Reber, Walther Müller, and Brian Greene. After him are Lawrence M. Krauss, Sumio Iijima, Georges-Louis Le Sage, Norris Bradbury, Michael Green, and Antonius van den Broek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, John Lennard-Jones ranks 189. Before him are Krešimir Baranović, Tay Garnett, Hans Henny Jahnn, Yan Gamarnik, Heinz Hopf, and Estelle Taylor. After him are Bill Johnston, Jean Debucourt, Tiny Sandford, Corinne Griffith, Vitaly Bianki, and Nita Naldi. Among people deceased in 1954, John Lennard-Jones ranks 107. Before him are Ludwik Hirszfeld, Henri Laurent, Ivan Maslennikov, Kaare Klint, Alberto Braglia, and Mihri Müşfik Hanım. After him are Abelardo Olivier, Hadiya Davletshina, Yukio Ozaki, Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, Walter Braunfels, and Guy Mairesse.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Lennard-Jones ranks 3,235 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Day (1956), Marc Almond (1957), Noddy Holder (1946), Peter R. Hunt (1925), John Evans (1823), and Lottie Dod (1871). After him are Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), John Benbow (1653), Wilfrid (634), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), and Diana Dors (1931).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, John Lennard-Jones ranks 65. Before him are Paul Davies (1946), Joseph Larmor (1857), James David Forbes (1809), Sergey Kapitsa (1928), John Robison (1739), and John D. Barrow (1952). After him are Michael Green (1946), Francis Hauksbee (1660), Frederick Guthrie (1833), Michael Berry (1941), William Astbury (1898), and C. V. Boys (1855).

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