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John Robison

1739 - 1805

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John Robison FRSE (4 February 1739 – 30 January 1805) was a British physicist and mathematician. He was a professor of natural philosophy (the precursor of natural science) at the University of Edinburgh. A member of the Edinburgh Philosophical Society when it received its royal warrant, he was appointed as the first general secretary to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783–98). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Robison has received more than 9,561 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John Robison is the 588th most popular physicist (down from 476th in 2019), the 3,161st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,212th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John Robison ranks 588 out of 717. Before him are Gordon Gould, Isaak Khalatnikov, Alexander Markovich Polyakov, Ted Fujita, Bill Nye, and John D. Barrow. After him are Willem Hendrik Keesom, Georges-Louis Le Sage, Giovanni Giorgi, Henry Augustus Rowland, John Lennard-Jones, and Alvin M. Weinberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, John Robison ranks 22. Before him are Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal, Frei Galvão, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, Juan de Villanueva, Henrik Gabriel Porthan, and Johann Beckmann. After him are Sophronius of Vratsa, John Rutledge, William Bartram, William Hewson, and George Clymer. Among people deceased in 1805, John Robison ranks 24. Before him are William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, and Thomas Wedgwood. After him are Mihály Csokonai and Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Robison ranks 3,161 out of 7,765. Before him are Hermione Baddeley (1906), Nigel Davenport (1928), Eva Le Gallienne (1899), Ælfheah of Canterbury (954), Lily James (1989), and Clive Swift (1936). After him are Geoff Bent (1932), Alan Bennett (1934), Gwendoline Christie (1978), Billie Whitelaw (1932), Michael Mann (1942), and Charles Dawson (1864).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, John Robison ranks 68. Before him are Sergey Kapitsa (1928), James David Forbes (1809), William Edward Ayrton (1847), Francis Hauksbee (1660), C. P. Snow (1905), and John D. Barrow (1952). After him are John Lennard-Jones (1894), William Astbury (1898), Ralph H. Fowler (1889), John Polkinghorne (1930), John Hopkinson (1849), and Alfred Ewing (1855).

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