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John Pendry

1943 - Today

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Sir John Brian Pendry, (born 4 July 1943) is an English theoretical physicist known for his research into refractive indices and creation of the first practical "Invisibility Cloak". He is a professor of theoretical solid state physics at Imperial College London where he was head of the department of physics (1998–2001) and principal of the faculty of physical sciences (2001–2002). He is an honorary fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, (where he was an undergraduate) and an IEEE fellow. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Pendry has received more than 93,600 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Pendry is the 718th most popular physicist (down from 695th in 2019), the 4,716th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,657th in 2019) and the 81st most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John Pendry ranks 718 out of 717Before him are Derek J. de Solla Price, Robert Bacher, Edward C. Stone, C. R. Hagen, Howard P. Robertson, and Ronald Drever. After him are Kees Schouhamer Immink, Erwin Hahn, Raymond Gosling, C. V. Boys, Rudolf Haag, and Léon Rosenfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, John Pendry ranks 562Before him are Roy Estrada, Veronica Hamel, Iñaki Azkuna, Van Dyke Parks, Al Foster, and Bob Kerrey. After him are Safi Faye, Geraldo Rivera, Mary Woronov, Joe Namath, Yoshisada Shimizu, and Pete Quaife.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Pendry ranks 4,716 out of 7,765Before him are Roger C. Field (1945), Mackenzie Bowell (1823), Joe Spence (1898), Davey Boy Smith (1962), Ronald Drever (1931), and Lancelot Hogben (1895). After him are Allan McNish (1969), Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), Hattie Jacques (1922), J. I. Packer (1926), Audrey Williamson (1926), and Gem Archer (1966).

Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, John Pendry ranks 81Before him are Peter Mark Roget (1779), John Aitken (1839), Brandon Carter (1942), Julian Barbour (1937), Bernard Lovell (1913), and Ronald Drever (1931). After him are Raymond Gosling (1926), C. V. Boys (1855), Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), John Houghton (1931), Brian Cox (1968), and Edward Andrade (1887).